{"id":207373,"date":"2026-10-15T18:49:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T22:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/?post_type=product&#038;p=207373"},"modified":"2026-10-22T13:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:46:50","slug":"three-easy-christmas-carols","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/tamsin-dearnley\/three-easy-christmas-carols\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Easy Christmas Carols"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Contents<\/h3>\n<p>O Little Town of Bethlehem (two versions included)<br \/>\nThe First Nowell<br \/>\nWe Three Kings of Orient Are (two versions included)<\/p>\n<h3>Note from the arranger<\/h3>\n<p>The first carol, &#8220;O Little Town of Bethlehem,&#8221; has at least three tunes that are in common usage. I have chosen the classic British melody of &#8216;&#8221;Forest Green&#8221; rather than the tune &#8220;St. Louis&#8221; which is more well-known in the US.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The First Nowel&#8221; was originally a Cornish folk tune (Roud folk index no. 682), and was first published as a Christmas carol in 1823.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We Three Kings of Orient Are&#8221; was composed in 1857 by the American clergyman and composer John Henry Hopkins Jr. Originally written for a Christmas pageant in New York, the song has now found popularity worldwide.<\/p>\n<h3>Listen<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Three EASY Christmas carols for solo harp (sheet music available!)\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Ln7fOYE1Yc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4>Scroll down to listen.<\/h4>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>Three Easy Christmas Carols<\/em>, by Tamsin Dearnley, is a collection of accessible arrangements for solo lever or pedal harp. Two of the carols include two versions, allowing you to combine them for a longer solo or progress to the more advanced version as your confidence grows. Fingering suggestions are included. Scroll down for notes.<\/p>\n<p>This collection is available as a PDF download for <strong>$9.45<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pages to print:<\/em> 5 pgs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note:<\/em> This piece is formatted for A4 paper size; use the settings in your printer dialog box to get the best fit for your paper size.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":207374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[8167],"product_tag":[477],"class_list":["post-207373","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-tamsin-dearnley","product_tag-harp-solo","pa_artist-dearnley-tamsin","pa_collection-collection","pa_composer-traditional","pa_genre-folk-traditional","pa_harp-type-harp-lever","pa_instrumentation-harp-solo","pa_level-advanced-beginner","pa_level-intermediate","pa_nationality-other-european","pa_occasion-christmas","pa_occasion-church","first","instock","downloadable","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/207373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=207373"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=207373"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=207373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}