Carol of the Bells and its Timeless Charm Unwrapping the Magic As the holiday season unfolds and the air fills with festive cheer, few tunes can summon the spirit of Christmas quite like Carol of the Bells. This enchanting melody was composed by the Ukrainian maestro Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovich in 1916. It’s woven itself into the tapestry of… Read More »
Advent Music Music for Advent plays a crucial role as we prepare for the Christmas celebration. Furthermore, it guides our spiritual journey and fills our hearts with hope. As we embrace Advent, let music enrich our lives, infusing joy and promise into our hearts. Additionally, it’s a prelude to the season, setting the stage for a time of… Read More »
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? This piece also features in our blog post about New Year’s Music and Traditions. We have eight arrangements of this popular piece which is… 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 »
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 »