Christmas Music
audio playback of Christmas sheet music downloads

Activity Page  *  Carols -Traditional & New  * Children's Songs  
 

Here you will find Flash-audio and lyrics for a range of Christmas pieces. Our Christmas Fun page suggests ways of sharing these online carols with family or friends.

The sheet music for these pieces can be purchased, in PDF format (What's PDF?), from our online store. These resources, unique to our Web site, mix the old with the new and give a fresh slant to music for the season.

Simply Carols
mix 'n' match sheet music for ensemble arrangements of familiar Christmas carols. Instrumental parts can be played as written or used as the basis for your own improvised music.

Children's Christmas
includes original seasonal songs for children to sing and play and ideas for creative activities. These resources, unique to our Web site, mix the old with the new and give a fresh slant to music for the season.

Miscellaneous Traditional Carols
carols for string quartet, instrumental duets and traditional arrangements for voice & piano.

Easy Piano Arrangements
Easy, full-sounding arrangements, for voice and piano or keyboard, in the keys in which they are most commonly sung. There is also a special section for 1st year pianists.

Christmas CD Rom
An e-book to share with family and friends. All proceeds support the development of resources for people with severe disabilities.

Christmas Downloads
free scores in PDF format

Our audio is streamed at settings suitable for 56k dial-up connections. Click on a title to open the music player. Then, click the play button twice to load and stream the music. You must have pop-ups enabled.

Carol Arrangements

The 'Simply Carols' series, is arranged for home or classroom music-making. You can play these carols as set out in the full scores, or mix 'n' match the parts to create your own arrangements. Full-scores and parts can be supplied transposed to any key. To provide extra value for money, we often pair two instrumental parts within a single score. Print out your part and play along!

Simply Carols: Silent Night / Score  Audio

This score represents just one way of performing this carol. You can mix 'n' match the parts to make your own arrangement.

Simply Carols: Silent Night / Recorder & Vocal Parts (melody & harmony)
Our original key is Bb, for a comfortable singing range. In this key, the easy recorder part avoids Eb. Recorder & Vocal parts make a good duet.

Simply Carols: Silent Night / Instr. Descant & Bass Melody

Simply Carols: Silent Night / Accompaniments
These accompaniments are not played back in Verse 2 of our arrangement, so there is a 12-bar silence between the playback of Accompaniments Option 1 and Accompaniments Option 2.

Option 1: 1-3 melody instruments or 1 keyboard
Option 2: 1 bass instrument and/or 1 melody instrument (our score uses glockenspiel)

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Click here for a free pdf of words for the Simply Carols series:

Simply Carols: Away in a Manger / Score

This score represents just one way of performing this carol. You can mix 'n' match the parts to make your own arrangement. Our score has two sections - 1. Melody with Recorder & Tuned percussion; 2. Trio arrangement

Simply Carols: Away in a Manger / Recorder & Tuned Percussion

Simply Carols: Away in a Manger / Trio Arrangement
Descant, Melody & Bass parts


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Click here. for a free pdf of words for the Simply Carols series:
CAROLS.pdf

Simply Carols: The First Nowell/ Score

This is a very old carol, already traditional in 1822, when it appeared in a collection. The version best known today is that harmonised by John Stainer, in the 19th century. This arrangement keeps fairly close to familiar harmonies but attempts to give the carol a more folk-like atmosphere.

Simply Carols: The First Nowell/ Des. Recorder & Melody

Simply Carols: The First Nowell/ Tuned Perc. & Simple Bass

Simply Carols: The First Nowell/ Melody & Bass


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Click here. for a free pdf of words for the Simply Carols series:

Simply Carols: Blow the Trumpet... / Score

Simply Carols: Blow the Trumpet... / Descant 1

Simply Carols: Blow the Trumpet... / Descant 2

Simply Carols: Blow the Trumpet... / Melody

Simply Carols: Blow the Trumpet... / Bass

Simply Carols: Blow the Trumpet... / Tuned Percussion
 

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Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant!

Click here for French text (free PDF)

Click here. for a free pdf of words for the Simply Carols series:

Simply Carols : I Saw Three Ships / Score

This carol has many verses, so it is good to vary the instrumentation, where possible.

Simply Carols : I Saw Three Ships / Descant 1 & Melody

Simply Carols : I Saw Three Ships / Melody & 2 Bass Parts
The bass parts, one simple and one more advanced, can be played by two separate players, where preferred.

Simply Carols : I Saw Three Ships / Descant 2 & tuned Percussion
These are printed as separate parts (i.e. not duet format) to make it easier for beginners to follow the score.


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Simply Carols: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/ Score

This score represents just one way of performing this carol. You can mix 'n' match the parts to make your own arrangement.

Simply Carols: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Melody & Descant

Simply Carols: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Parts 2 & 3 (harmony)

Simply Carols: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Melody & Bass (Parts 1,4)

Simply Carols: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Part 1A
This additional part, with its mainly step-wise movement, is suitable for beginners on a wide range of instruments. It is presented here without the melody, in order to make it easy for beginners to follow the score.

Simply Carols: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Melody & Part 1A
Part A1, with its mainly step-wise movement, is suitable for beginners on a wide range of instruments. It can be played as a duet with the melody, as here.

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Miscellaneous Arrangements

Traditional Carols for Voice & Piano / Organ
 

The First Nowell / Voice & Piano or Organ

Away In a Manger/ Voice & Piano or Organ

Once in Royal David's City / Voice & Piano or Organ

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Easy Piano Arrangements
Easy, full-sounding arrangements, for voice and piano or keyboard, in the keys in which they are most commonly sung.

Once In Royal David's City

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Jingle Bells

Silent Night

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Traditional Carols for Quartets / Score

Four part arrangements for string quartet or other ensembles. You can mix 'n match some carols with the 'Simply Carols' series.

O Come All Ye Faithful - G major
Once in Royal David's City - G major
Away in a Manger - F major
The First Nowell - D major
See Amid the Winter Snow - G major
Hark the Herald Angel's Sing

Traditional Carols for Quartets / Violin or Part 1

Traditional Carols for Quartets Violin or Part 2

Traditional Carols for Quartets / Viola or Part 3

Traditional Carols for Quartet / Cello or Part 4

Traditional Carols for Quartets / Part 3 Bass clef

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Carol Starters for Piano

Christmas carols for piano beginners (1st-year pieces)
 

Rocking

The First Nowell

O Little Town of Bethlehem

O Little Town of Bethlehem (2)



Once In Royal David's City

Once in Royal David's City (2)

Jingle Bells



Away In A Manger

We Three Kings


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Children's Christmas
For our Christmas Fun page, Click Here


Jesus Came To Show It's True /   keyboard version

Jesus Came To Show It's True /   full version

Jesus Came To Show It's True!   Lyrics

 

Procession of the Kings Audio

Procession of the Kings  Lyrics

Birds of Bethlehem   Audio

Birds of Bethlehem   Lyrics
 

Sorry, Joseph!    Audio      

Sorry Joseph!     Lyrics

Warning - this play-song could go on all night!

A Christmas Round
 

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We are delighted to present these original children's carols by poet & author, Tim Hopkins. Further Christian music from this songwriter will be found in the Sacred Music section.

Tomorrow Wakes The World / Voice & Keyboard   |   Lyrics

Hopkins: Kneel At the Cribside / Voice & Keyboard  |  Lyrics

Not Like Other Kings / Voice & Keyboard    |  Lyrics


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The Wealth of Our King / SSA   |  Lyrics

Two Thousand Years / SATB     |  Lyrics

Sleep, Gently Sleep / Voice & Keyboard   |  Lyrics


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Hopkins: The Saviour King / Voice & Keyboard  |  Lyrics

Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar / Voice & Keyboard  |  Lyrics

 

Christmas Songs

Lullaby for the Christ Child   |  Lyrics
A setting of powerfully simple lyrics by Martin Luther.

A Christmas Prayer     |    Lyrics

Simeon's Lullaby         |    Lyrics
A modal tune.

Song of the Highland Shepherd  |   Lyrics
A song inspired by walks in the Scottish Highlands. It reflects on the plight of those who were affected by 'The Clearances' and wonders at the Christ-Child's identification with poor and weak.


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(See also our Christmas CD-ROM)

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