This book was first published in 1980.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful. great variety of Christmas carolsBy green fiddlerSomehow the reviews of two Hal Leonard books of sheet music have been combined here... Big Book of Christmas Songs - Violin has entirely different songs and appears to be music for solo violin (melody line only). The following review pertains to Big Book of Christmas Songs (Santa on cover) for piano; vocal (or violin) and guitar. ...*Big Book of Christmas Songs - Piano-Vocal-Guitar* is an extensive collection which includes many of the best and most-often-sung carols; as well as quite a few lesser-known favorites not typically found in other books. There are familiar and not-so-familiar traditional Christmas songs from around the world... Welsh; English; Hungarian; Polish; German; Venezuelan; Czech; Catalonian... just to name a few! While many of us might want to skip over some of the unknown songs; it is priceless to have available Christmas music from ones own heritage. Older French members of my family remember singing "Il Est Ne; Le Divin Enfant" as children; this carol has become a highlight of our little musical gathering on Christmas night. I imagine that those songs which are unfamiliar to me are equally cherished in some other home at Christmas. They are beautiful as well and I hope to learn more of them. Even if we do not end up using all of the selections; Im still happy that they are there for someone else and do not feel shortchanged at all. This book has so many good carols and hard-to-find carols all in one place. I believe it is a great value.This is the song list for *Big Book of Christmas Songs (P-V-G)*:All My Heart This Night Rejoices.. All Through the Night.. Angels From Heaven.. Angels from the Realms Of Glory.. Angels We Have Heard on High.. As Each Happy Christmas.. As Lately We Watched.. As with Gladness Men of Old.. At the Hour of Midnight.. Auld Lang Syne.. Away in a Manger (Kirkpatrick).. Away in a Manger (Murray).. The Babe of Bethlehem.. A Baby in the Cradle.. Bells Over Bethlehem.. Beside Thy Cradle Here I Stand.. The Birthday of a King.. The Boars Head Carol.. A Boy Is Born in Bethlehem.. Break Forth; O Beauteous; Heavenly Light.. Bring a Torch; Jeannette; Isabella.. Carol of the Bells.. Carol of the Birds.. A Child Is Born in Bethlehem.. Child Jesus Came to Earth This Day.. Children Go Where I Send Thee.. Christ Is Born This Evening.. Christ Was Born on Christmas Day.. Christians; Awake! Salute the Happy Morn.. Christmas Comes Anew (Noel Nouvelet).. Christmas Greeting.. The Christmas Tree with Its Candles Gleaming.. Come; Hear the Wonderful Tidings.. Come; Thou Long-Expected Jesus.. Coventry Carol.. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.. A Day; Bright Day of Glory.. Deck the Hall.. Ding Dong! Merrily on High!.. Everywhere; Everywhere; Christmas Tonight.. The First Noel.. The Friendly Beasts.. From Heaven Above to Earth I Come.. From The Eastern Mountains.. Fum; Fum; Fum.. Gather Around the Christmas Tree.. Glad Christmas Bells.. Go; Tell It on the Mountain.. God Rest Ye Merry; Gentlemen.. Good Christian Men; Rejoice.. Good King Wenceslas.. Hallelujah Chorus.. The Happy Christmas Comes Once More.. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.. He Is Born (Il Est Ne; Le Divin Enfant).. Hear Them Bells.. Here We Come A-Wassailing.. The Holly and the Ivy.. I Am So Glad on Christmas Eve.. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.. I Saw Three Ships.. In the Silence of the Night.. In the Bleak Midwinter.. Infant Holy; Infant Lowly.. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.. Jesu; Joy of Mans Desiring.. Jingle Bells.. Jolly Old St. Nicholas.. Joseph Dearest; Joseph Mine.. The Journey.. Joy to the World.. Little Children; Wake and Listen.. Lo; How a Rose Eer Blooming.. March of the Three Kings.. March of the Toys.. Mary Had a Baby.. Masters in This Hall.. Neighbor; What Has You So Excited?.. Noel! Noel!.. O Bethlehem.. O Christmas Tree.. O Come; All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles).. O Come Away; Ye Shepherds.. O Come; Little Children.. O Come Rejoicing.. O Come; O Come Immanuel.. O Holy Night.. O Let Us All Be Glad Today.. O Little Town of Bethlehem.. O Sanctissima.. On Christmas Night.. Once in Royal Davids City.. Pat-a-Pan (Willie; Take Your Little Drum).. Rejoice and Be Merry.. Ring Out; Ye Wild and Merry Bells.. Rise Up; Shepherd; and Follow.. Shepherds; Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep.. Shepherds Cradle Song.. Shout the Glad Tidings.. Silent Night.. The Simple Birth.. Sing; O Sing; This Blessed Morn.. Sing We Now of Christmas.. Sleep; Holy Babe.. Sleep; O Sleep; My Precious Child.. The Snow Lay on the Ground.. The Star of Christmas Morning.. Star of the East.. Still; Still; Still.. Theres a Song in the Air.. The Three Kings Song.. Toyland.. Twas the Night Before Christmas.. The Twelve Days of Christmas.. Up on the Housetop.. A Virgin Unspotted.. Watchman; Tell Us of the Night.. We Three Kings of Orient Are.. We Wish You a Merry Christmas.. Wexford Carol.. What Child Is This?.. When Christ Was Born of Mary Free.. When Christmas Morn Is Dawning.. While by My Sheep.. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks.. Winds Through the Olive Trees0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. this book is nice its more a classical christmas bookBy kathy arinellathis book is nice its more a classical christmas book; it has the regular favorites and lots of different ones as well.. no favs in it like frosty; rudolph; and many others missing.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good selectionBy B. BalgenorthThis book does contain MANY songs. I was disappointed that over half of them I have never heard of and it does not contain many songs I would have liked to see in it. The music was a perfect level that I was able to sit down and just play them the first time and still sound nice and not too mediocre. I would buy the book again but I will also be looking for another book that contains the many songs its lacking. I would have liked to have had just one large Christmas music book with all the common Christmas songs in it.