Music for the Holidays, Vol. 1

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Alyssa Reit has arranged 10 traditional tunes for Christmas and Hannukah in concert settings for harp and violin. (The treble melody line could also be played on flute.) Included in the collection are:

Patapan
A Babe is Born, All of a Maid
I Saw Three Ships
Rise up Shepherd and Foller
Tu Scendi Alla Stelle
What Child is This
Still, Still, Still
Ihr Kinderlein Kommet
Noel Provencal
Hannukah Songs

This PDF download collection is available as a Complete Set for $25.00

Length: score is 38 pgs.; violin part is 17 pgs.

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“Still, Still, Still” performed by Alyssa Reit, harp and Krystof Witek, violin

“Noel Provençal” (MIDI generated audio)

Notes from the Arranger

These pieces represent a variety of backgrounds: “Patapan” and “Noel Provençal” originated in France, “A Babe is Born,” “I Saw Three Ships,” and “What Child is This?” hail from England, “Rise Up Shepherd” is an American Spiritual, “Tu Scendi Alla Stelle” (You Came Down From the Stars) comes from Naples, “Still, Still, Still” and “Ihr Kinderlein Kommet” are unmistakably German, and the two Hanukkah Songs are, of course, from the Jewish tradition. All these beautiful melodies, which have have been passed along for centuries, share anonymous origins, penned by some unknown person to whom we owe our appreciation and thanks. The arrangements themselves are freely done, with the addition of harmonic variation and counter melodies, but with the intent of keeping the spirit of the originals.