German Christmas Carols: Piano Four Hands (double page view)

German Christmas Carols with Lyrics in English and in German. In this edition we have assembled 36 traditional German Christmas carols, partly from Christian hymnbooks, partly from traditional folklore. A number of carols have been rendered into English for the first time, some existing English versions have been revised, and some have been taken over as they were. The German stanzas are provided next to the English version. There are also two alphabetical lists of the carols with both the English/German and the German/English first lines.

Here are the first lines of the carols included:

1. A Time Has Come Right for Us
2. All the World, All Stars May Cheer
3. Behold a Branch Is Growing
4. Bells Never Sweeter Are Ringing
5. Children, Watch Tomorrow's Wonder
6. Christ the Child Is Coming
7. Come Now, Ye Shepherds
8. Come Running, Ye Shepherds
9. Daughter Zion May Rejoice
10. Father Christmas Calls Next Day
11. From Heav'n Above
12. From Heaven On High
13. In Bethlehem, We Gather
14. In Dulci Jubilo
15. Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine
16. Let's Be Merry and Rejoice
17. Maria Walks through Thorny Groves
18. Merry Christmas Everywhere
19. Now at the Manger Here I Stand
20. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
21. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
22. O Come, Little Children
23. O How Joyfully
24. Praise God the Lord
25. Ring, Bells
26. Silent Night, Holy Night
27. Softly Float All the Flakes
28. Still, Keep Still
29. The Christmas Tree with Candles Burning
30. There Comes a Galley
31. Tiny Snowflake
32. Unlock the Gates
33. We Praise You, Jesus, From Our Heart
34. What Does This Foreshadow
35. When Shepherds Awoke
36. While by My Sheep I Watched at Night

Traditional German Christmas Carols „Piano Four Hands (double page view)“ is just one in a series of JOIN IN-MUSIC music books for a large number of instruments and singers. In this book the scores of the two players are on opposite pages to make reading the scores easy. The voice of the player with the deeper keys (secondo) is on the left page, that of the player with the higher keys (primo) is on the right page. JOIN IN-MUSIC is designed to allow different combinations of instruments and singers to come together and perform Christmas carols: string and wind instruments can join in with a choir, instrumental duos and trios can be formed, or singers can be accompanied by the piano or the organ.

JOIN IN-MUSIC makes it easy for any musical group, be it in school, in church, in your community or in your home, to play together right away: the music of all the books is compatible. Any instrument can play the tune or the second or third voice, and all voices, including the score for the piano, are set in easy music. Thus the carols can come to life without extensive practicing.