Free Christmas Music
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:10 am
I like Wade’s offering of Christmas carols set for 4 brasses (which doesn’t exclude a few pranks being pulled). It hits right into the core of the American Christmas repertory. I come from another country with different traditions.
The Danish carols may have next to none recognition factor in the US aside from the areas with Danish or Nordic ímmigrants (or rather their descendants). Yet the somewhat different melodies and harmonies will work well for groups/ensembles, which provide filler music during church liturgies.
I also have two editions of All People that on Earth do Dwell. The 2012-edition is the more flexible one, when it comes to instrumentation, and it hold 6 rather than 5 settings covering several centuries of music history. A couple of the versions have quite challenging bass lines.
Enatus est Emanuel in a setting by Michael Praetorius may be performed from quartets through larger ensembles. It has call and response elements.
All to be found via the index of my Yahoo-based project, which has a sub-index for the Danish hymns and carols.
Link in my signature.
Klaus
The Danish carols may have next to none recognition factor in the US aside from the areas with Danish or Nordic ímmigrants (or rather their descendants). Yet the somewhat different melodies and harmonies will work well for groups/ensembles, which provide filler music during church liturgies.
I also have two editions of All People that on Earth do Dwell. The 2012-edition is the more flexible one, when it comes to instrumentation, and it hold 6 rather than 5 settings covering several centuries of music history. A couple of the versions have quite challenging bass lines.
Enatus est Emanuel in a setting by Michael Praetorius may be performed from quartets through larger ensembles. It has call and response elements.
All to be found via the index of my Yahoo-based project, which has a sub-index for the Danish hymns and carols.
Link in my signature.
Klaus