Eighth Note Publications

Canadian Holiday - A Cross Country Adventure features music that represents nine Canadian Provinces. The selection travels the land from West to East with each province personified by its own indigeno...

Great Christmas music set to interesting and creative arrangements makes holiday fun for young musicians.

For many reasons, Christmas means joy. This tune, 'Ding Dong Merrily on High', is a wonderful musical snapshot of the whole season. In this arrangement, we hear church bells chiming, voices uniting an...

This is a fun traditional Welsh carol that lends itself well to a mixed woodwind ensemble. Melody is passed throughout the group as they wander through several variations of the melody. 'Fa-la-la-la-l...

This is certainly one of the most beloved pieces of holiday music throughout the world. This arrangement is fairly standard in its opening and proceeds through the verse and chorus with the instrument...

After a short introduction with melodic excepts played in various voices, a verse of this famous carol is played. This moves to a wandering descant line before the grand finale.

Carol of the Bells è basato sul canto ucraino Shchedryk. Questa versione di un classico delle feste presenta tutti gli esecutori in vari ruoli con la melodia in tutte le parti. Si tratta di qualcosa d...

Jingle Bells è arrangiata nello stile di artisti rockabilly come Bill Haley and the Comets ed Elvis Presley. Si tratta di un brano molto divertente per un ensemble misto di fiati.

Santa's Sleigh Ride è un arrangiamento creativo di Up on the Housetop, così come viene ascoltato in varie culture del mondo. La melodia originale è stata mescolata con canzoni tradizionali o è stata m...

Questo arrangiamento di Up on the Housetop è una rappresentazione musicale di come suonerebbe se Babbo Natale venisse sorpreso di nascosto. Ogni strumento ha l'opportunitädi brillare in questo brano,...

Wanting to expand the Yuletide repertoire for our wind quintet, composer Ernest Brandon thought a medley would be fun if it included some happy tunes. The three included are 'Over the River and Throug...

Questo è un medley di tre diverse melodie per "Away in a Manger": Luther's Cradle Hymn (James R. Murray, 1887), Cradle Song (William J. Kirkpatrick, 1895) e Flow Gently Sweet Afton (Jonathan E. Spilma...

The Holly and the Ivy is a traditional English Christmas carol. Holly and ivy have been important as English Christmas decorations for church use since at least the fifteenth century. This piece is fl...

Pat-a-Pan is a very rustic Christmas piece arranged for 6 flutes (including a piccolo) and optional percussion. It has been set in a round beginning with the a single player then gradually adding voic...

This is a fun traditional Welsh carol that lends itself well to a six part trumpet ensemble. Melody is passed throughout the group as they wander through several variations of the melody. 'Fa-la-la-la...

For many reasons, Christmas means joy. This tune is a wonderful musical snapshot of the whole season. In this arrangement, we hear church bells chiming, voices uniting, and see people smiling. (2:25)

This is considered one of the most serene Christmas carols of all time. The piece was originally written for two voices and guitar because the church organ had broken down. This arrangement is fairly...

This arrangement has been completely redone and more than doubled in length. The melody is found in all parts, and key changes and some variation have been added. A great closer for a Christmas concer...

Carol of the Merry Gentlemen is a clever pairing of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman' and 'Carol of the Bells.' Beginning with an ethereal echo of 'Carol of the Bells,' the trumpets present eerie fragment...

The Holly and the Ivy is a traditional English Christmas carol. Holly and ivy have been important as English Christmas decorations for church use since at least the fifteenth century. This piece is fl...

Questo canto inglese potrebbe risalire già al XVII secolo, ma divenne popolare in Inghilterra verso la metà del XVIII secolo. Sebbene il titolo sia spesso visto come 'God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen ', l...

Originario della liturgia cattolica, Adeste Fideles divenne popolare come inno natalizio quando fu tradotto in inglese nel XIX secolo. La melodia molto cantabile di questo inno lo ha reso uno dei pref...

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen is a famous and popular Christmas carol. This arrangement, for 6 trumpets, is presented in two very different ways. One section is slow and mysterious with a steady ostina...

This is certainly one of the most beloved pieces of holiday music throughout the world. This arrangement, for 6 trumpets, is fairly standard in its opening and proceeds through the verse and chorus wi...