Traditional Music For New Year’s Eve Celebrations Now the Christmas long weekend is over and we look towards the New Year Celebrations, what better piece of music to talk about but Auld Lang Syne? We have eight arrangements of this popular piece which is based on a poem by the Scot Robbie Burns. Burns wrote the poem in… Read More »
Festive songs across the globe At music-scores.com we have a large selection of Christmas songs sheet music for you to download and play. Most of the carols and songs in our catalog have English lyrics so we thought we should talk about some of the music that originated in other countries. Hopefully there may be something here that… Read More »
Classical Sheet Music for Winter The weather here in the UK has remained unseasonably mild for the wintertime. Ordinarily we would have been wrapped up in hats, scarves and gloves whilst scraping the ice from our car windscreens. The local council workers would have been adding gritting salt to the paths and roads. Children would have been running… Read More »
O Holy Night by Adolphe Charles Adam You may have a particular favourite Christmas carol or Christmas song, whether it’s some of the traditional classics that we have at music-scores or Bing Crosby, Shakin’ Steven’s or even Mariah Carey! The team here are all agreed that Adam’s O Holy Night is right at the top of our list.… Read More »
Reindeer Rampage – An Original Composition We don’t often talk about our home grown music but with Christmas approaching now’s a good time to look at Anne’s Reindeer Rampage. Anne wrote this piece about Santa’s reindeer having some fun before their Christmas work begins. They want to sing some carols together but can’t agree which one. In the… Read More »
Carol of the Bells Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovich wrote this amazing piece in 1916. Read more about Leontovich on his biography page. We he have over fifty arrangements of this delightful song on our website. The Ukrainian word for “bountiful” gives this song its original name, “Shchedryk”. The song is based on a traditional folk chant and… Read More »
Christmas Classical Sheet Music Update This week we’ve added more Christmas classical sheet music for different instruments. If you are a beginner or returning to playing then these pieces are perfect for you. Perhaps you may gain enough confidence to perform to family or friends at a seasonal gatherings! Choose from standard Christmas favorites such as We Three… Read More »
We Wish You A Merry Christmas and more… The first week of Advent is here and with it we bring you some more Christmas sheet music. New this week are some duos for We Wish You A Merry Christmas including this clarinet version. Anne has also added a new arrangement of her moose tale – Va Moose! for… Read More »
The Music Scores 12 Days of Christmas … No. 1 is my favourite!(We know that the real 12 days actually starts on Christmas Day … but the Music-Scores one starts today…) On the First Day Of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me … 1 Conductor in a Market Square On the Second Day Of Christmas My… Read More »
Hello Music Scorers! This week Anne has added three arrangements of the classic folk tune Auld Lang Syne the Scottish poem written by Robert Burns in 1788* and an additional arrangement of her very own Hedgehog Roll to add to six other arrangements of this piece. Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung in English speaking countries on the… Read More »