The Children's Christmas Play

50 Duets Can Be Played by Any Comb of String Instr-The intention of Compatible Christmas Duets For Strings is to provide instrument players the opportunity to play fifty popular Christmas carols in arrangements for two instruments.These duets will work with any combination of any two instruments so you can play carols with your friends no matter what instrument they play. There are endless possibilities for using duet combinations for fun and entertainment around the holidays. You can play for family friends or in a concert setting.Compatible Christmas Duets For Strings provides you with interesting and playable arrangements. It can also help to make practice time fun aroundthe holidays and can be used with friends and teachers as well. One of the best ways to improve as a player is to play in small chamber groups and duets are the easiest way to get started. Playing duets with others of similar ability levels or even of greater ability will help to stimulate the growth of your playing.

Santa is dreaming of a ... warm Christmas! And after winning the sweepstakes he gets his wish! In the meantime Santa's Toyshop falls victim to a hostile take-over attempt and the Christmas toy delivery seems in jeopardy. Thanksto the diligence of Mrs. Claus the whole North Pole gang and two young friends all ends happily; Santa gets his vacation and the boys and girls get their Christmas!This light-hearted 45-minute musical play features 7Unison/2-Part songs in a variety of styles - everything from Broadway to ?Beach? and from Rap to Reggae! The Teacher's Manual includes the full script accompanied songs and a complete production guide. The Singer'sEdition 5-Pak includes script and vocal lines only.Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's Edition 5-Pak ShowTrax CD (full performance/accompaniment only). Performance Time: 45 minutes. For Gr. 3-6.

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Playing the greatest works of the great composers has now been made easier thanks to a series of editions in which pieces are singled out, organized according to progressive levels of difficulty, and provided with a whole series of precious support materials such as historical and literary introductions to each work, technical guidelines for pianists, fingerings, etc. An excellent way to discover the great piano repertoire and a useful teaching aid. The present collection begins with works taken from the Children's Album, such as The Sick Doll and The March of the Wooden Soldiers, especially suitable for beginning students. This is followed by a selection drawn from The Seasons, which includes one of Tchaikovsky's masterpieces, the Barcarolle (June). The volume closes with a particularly interesting offering for piano four-hands. / Date parution : 2022-04-12/ Recueil / Piano

Third edition of the world's biggest songbook. This is a vast bumper collection, perfect for buskers, of 1001 all-time hit songs.Whatever your taste, there's guaranteed to be tonnes of songs you'll want to play, this book will last you years!Inside the spiral bound cover you will find a generous selection of hit songs, golden standards, jazz and blues numbers, classical pieces, hymns, gospel songs, stage, film and musical music! Arranged here in Melody line arrangements for Piano, Organ, Electronic Keyboards, Guitar and all C instruments, complete with lyrics and chord symbols. / Ligne Mélodique, Paroles Et Accords (Avec Grilles D'Accords)

Gade's piano music is steeped in Danish folk music, yet technically demanding and always very pianistic so that both piano pupils and experienced pianists will find many rewarding challenges when playing this music. The present album provides an insight into Gade's piano oeuvre and shows his importance in his day. Thanks to their numerous facets, the piano works of this great composer still are a valuable addition to lessons and concert performances. / Piano

Das Liederspiel. Par HUMPERDINCK ENGELBERT. When Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera Hänsel und Gretel was premiered on 23 December 1893 in Weimar conducted by Richard Strauss, the work could look back on an extensive history of origin. Humperdinck’s younger sister Adelheid Wette (born in 1858) had displayed a great interest in literature in her youth and written a variety of poems for special occasions. In 1888, she wrote a fairy tale entitled Schneewittchen [Snow White] and her brother supplied some songs for this piece. Further fairy tale collaborations followed which were customarily performed within the family circle, and the first draft of the Hänsel und Gretel was begun in 1890. Adelheid’s husband would be celebrating his 34th birthday on 16 May of this year and his wife intended to surprise him with a performance of her version of this fairy tale. Her brother was allotted the task of composing the accompanying songs and, a month before the birthday, she wrote a letter to him in Mainz where Engelbert Humperdinck was among other activities working as an editor for the Schott publishing house, ordering a “very pretty folkloric” Tanzlied [Dance song], a Waldlied [Forest song] (or Echolied [Echo song]), a Schlummerlied [Lullaby] and a Kickericki-Lied [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] from her “dear sugar-sweet little brother... Engel-Bärtchen [angel beard]”. She enclosed the corresponding verses with the letter and “for fun” also provided her own invented melody for the Schlummerlied and rhythmic suggestions for the Tanzlied. Humperdinck went straight to work and, as related in an entry in his diary, was already able to play the songs to the director of the publishing house, Dr Ludwig Strecker, by 19 April. This was the history of origin of the four songs published for the first time edited in form of their original versions in this edition Brüderchen komm’ tanz’ mit mir, Wer ruft mir im Walde doch alles nach, In den Zweigen die Vögelein und Tirelireli! ‘s ist nicht mehr früh “for two children’s voices and piano accompaniment” (see manuscript1). In his reply letter to his sister in which the fair copy of the songs were enclosed, Humperdinck wrote: “As you see, the pitch of the melodies is not too high and I have incorporated your melodies. Let me know soon whether you like the little songs. By the way, the ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ can also be sung on one note (E flat) instead of on the four notes of the chord.” The first performance of the song-play was held as planned within the family circle with Wettes’ two eldest daughters in the two principle roles. Spurred on by the success of the family performance, initial plans were forged to adapt the song-play into a singspiel with numerous musical numbers and rhymed dialogues; Hermann Wette participated in a draft of the text. The particell of this singspiel had been completed by Christmas 1890. Hugo Wolf and a few others however advised the composer to extend the singspiel into a through-composed fairy tale opera. Humperdinck followed this advice and worked on what he ironically termed as a “Kinderstubenweihfestspiel“ [sacred festive play for the nursery] during the next two summers in Bayreuth. Tanzliedchen [Dance song] and Morgenweckruf [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] were eventually included in the opera in a modified form. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / 2 Voix et Piano

A Musical for Young Voices-When Santa's favorite Christmas album is ruined the North Pole gang decides to introduce Santa to their music with the help of iPods playlists headsets and docking stations! The elves are enjoying their Motown tunes while thereindeer kick up their country western heels. Crystal Snowflake is heading for Broadway and the toy soldiers are a-rockin' and a-rollin'. Join in the holiday hi-tech fun and discover what ends up on Santa's holidayplaylist! Perfect for upper elementary and middle school performers this clever 35-minute holiday musical features six original songs for unison voices with optional harmony choreography a helpful production guide anda script with speaking parts easily adapted to casts of varying sizes. For extra value the expanded Performance Kit/CD now provides 20 Singer books along with the Teacher Edition and a P/A CD. Available separately: TeacherEdition Singer 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals) Preview Pak (1 Singer book 1 Preview CD) Performance/Accompaniment CD Performance Kit/CD (Teacher 20 Singer books P/A CD). Duration: ca. 35 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

A new musical with nine original songs set in Victorian Britain during the Crimean War. This fun look at the upstairs/downstairs life in a well-to-do household is seen through the eyes of a young orphan chimney sweep. It is abrilliant cross-curricular musical which combines all the fun of a traditional christmas party with a look at the Victorian period. A Victorian Christmas Party offers an alternative to those who want to put on a Christmasproduction but don't want to do a typical Nativity play. Duration: 45 mins. You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.

Why are Christmas shoppers rushing about when you can wait at home for Father Christmas to bring you presents? Or should that be Mother Christmas? Equal opportunities now you know!This lively and up-to-date seasonal musicalwill amuse primary school children and is great entertainment. Three easy-to-stage scenes: a bustling street chaotic preperations for the Nativity play and the children's bedroom on Christmas Eve. Children of all ages can takepart with chorus speaking and solo singing roles. Also includes dance. Duration: 30 mins.Includes words music and backing tracks CD with all the music you will need for rehearsals and performance.Professionallyrecorded demonstration and backing tracks are available to purchase and download here .

A Holiday Musical for Young Voices-Please Santa bring a puppy this time. I know there's one that needs me! Singing children howling puppies and the one and only Santa Claus make a great combination for a holiday show. The local pound is overcrowded and in anuproar. Someone has eaten Buster Bulldog's supper Harold Hound Dog can't get any sleep and there's no room at all to run and play. It's just the pits in the pound! See how one family's trip to the pound on Christmas Eve makesdreams come true for these canine characters and children around the world. With a message of sharing caring and plenty of canine humor this holiday musical features five original songs and easy-to-learn rhyming dialog with over30 speaking parts. The ENHANCED Teacher Edition with Singer CD-ROM includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography helpful production guide with staging and costume suggestions teaching objectives linked to the NationalStandards for each song PLUS reproducible singer parts on the enclosed CD-ROM. Available separately: Teacher/Singer CD-ROM Preview CD (with vocals & dialog) Preview Pak (1 Preview CD and sample pages) Performance/AccompanimentCD and Classroom Kit (Teacher/Singer CD-ROM and P/A CD).Approximate Performance Time: 20 minutes. Suggested for grades K-3.

Three playful Christmas songs originally written for the Duncombe Road School Choir of Liverpool in 1977. The three carols are suitable for children's voices and a delightfully unusual selection that will add sparkle to your Yuletide concerts.