This collection was compiled to provide young instrumentalists in
Staffordshire schools with the opportunity to join in class and school assemblies, and
provides instrumental melody booklets for violin/recorder, viola, cello, flute, B
flat clarinet, trumpet and E flat saxophone. A simple percussion score is also included.The
selection was made from five books, "Carol, gaily carol" (Black), "Merrily
to Bethlehem" (Black), "Christmas Tinderbox" (Black), Oxford Book of Carols
(OUP) and "Folk Carols for Young Children" (Ward Lock) - for details of
sources see the List of Carols page.
Later, in response to many requests, a piano
accompaniment book was also published, with new accompaniments by me to the twenty one
carols, and also an accompanying audio cassette (the basis of this present version).
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date!!)
This revised web version provides all the above in a clear and accessible
format, with all pages quickly accessed and easily printed out. There are separate
booklets in PDF format for the seven instrumental melody parts, the piano accompaniment
and the simple accompanying percussion parts, which can also be listened to, simply by
clicking on an instrument's name. To go to these pages, click on "Viewing the
Music" above.
The only difference between this and the CD-rom version is that the
sound files here are midi files so that they will work for those of you still with a slow
internet connection.
As well as the percussion sound files, the percussion booklet also
includes full performances of all twenty one carols. To listen to the music you must
of course have a media player installed.
