Festival Christmas Gayle Kowalchyk - E.L. LancasterChristmas Festival BOOK THREE Gayle Kowalchyk - E.L. Lancaster ..20°/ jingle Bells 8 Jolly Old Saint 14 oy to the Worl 3 O Christmas Tree © Come, All Ye Faithful Little Town of Bethlehem Silent Night. Angels We Have Heard on High .. ‘Away in a Manger Coventry Carol, The... “Deck the Halls. First Noel, The ... God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen. Good King Wenceslas. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear ... Up on the Housetop .. 1.22 We Three Kings of Orient Are 223) We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Piano students enjoy playing familiar carols during the Christmas season. Christmas Festival, Book Three was designed for students in their third year of piano study. The arrangements use simple accompaniments and close-position chords for ease in learning and performance. The damper pedal is indicated in some pieces to aid with legato melodies. Merry Christmas! Copyright © MCMXCII by Alred Publishing Co, ne. ‘Cover: Debra Beslmear/ Jane Wong 'An Deocton: Ted EngebartJolly Old Saint Nicholas Traditional Arr. by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Happily 3 Jol - ly old Saint |Nich - 0 - las, lean your ear this | way! T 3 2 SS Don't you tell a |sin - gle soul what I'm going to | say, Christ-mas Eve is com - ing soon, now, you dear old | man, whis-per what you'll } bring to me,Deck the Halls Welsh Carol Arr. by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Lively 5, Foeck the hats wih Jooughs of nol - ty, | Fala ta la la Tis the sea-son | to be jol-y, | Fala la la la, mp we now our | gay ap-par-el, | Fa la la, la Troll the an -cient |yule - tide car - ol, | Fa la la la la,Silent Night Franz Griber Arr, by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Gently, moderately slow 3, = tent | night, vir = gin |Moth- er and | chil. in = fant so} ten - der and | mild, "fStop in| heav - en-ly heav - en-lyUp on the Housetop B.R. Hanby Arr. by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Brightly 4 Up. on the house-top the} rein- deer pause; Out jumps good old | San-ta Claus, i i 1 3 2 2 5 5 5 Down through the chim-ney with} lots of toys, for the lit- tle ones'| Christ-mas joys! Fro Hol Hol ‘Who would-n't go? Who would-n't go? Up on the house-top | Click! Click! Click! | Down through the chim-ney with | good Saint Nick!2 We Three Kings of Orient Are John Henry Hopkins Arr, by Kowalchyk/Lancaster simile trav - ersewardAway in a Manger Traditional Arr. by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Moderately slow i ‘sh | Ts, iy ger,no” | orb for 7 3 tle Lord is sweet | Head; looked | down where He lay, tle Lord |e -Good King Wenceslas ‘Traditional Arr. by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Moderately fast 7 ve 4, "F coo King Wen- ces -| las looked out on the feast of | Ste - phen, When the snow lay round a - bout, Deep and crisp and | "Fright -'y shone the | moon that ight, Though the frost was crese. Sf When a poor man Jcame in sight, YGath-'ring win. ter | tu s10 O Christmas Tree ‘Traditional Arr, by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Moderato 4 1 Christ-mas tree, Christ-mas tree, How] love-ly are your | branch -es! A 3 2 5 5 Christ-mas tree, © — |Christ-mas tree, How | love-ly are your | branch- es! hrou are as. green win -ter's snow, As | in the sum - mers] richest glow. fo Christ-mas tree, Christ-mas tree, How | love-ly are your ‘| branch - es!ul * Joy to the World George F. Handel ' Arr, by Kowalchyk/Lancaster the | world! the pre-|pare Him And—|heav'n and na - ture— Taos |reav—and12 Jingle Bells James Pierpont Arr, by Kowalehyk/Lancaster Merrily 1 "Foasn-ing tough the | snow In_a | one-horse 0 - pen | sleigh, fields we | go, Laugh-ing all the | way; aFrain - gle bets! Oh, what fun Frsin - gle bets! 29 Jin - gle bells! Ine - horse 9 - pen sleigh! _ Jin - gle bells! 13 — oF Mh, what fun A Hl \) is to ride in a bee Ltt ih He4 The Coventry Carol ‘Traditional Arr. by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Gently 4 i, 2 P Lul = lay, Thou 7 3 Bye - bye, lui - | ly,15 God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen ‘Traditional Arr, by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Allegretto 1 "Fos | rest you merry, |gen-tle-men, Let | noth -ing you dis -| may, mem-ber Christour} Sav - ior Was | born on Christ-mas | Day; To |save us all from 0) ee ! fo tid - ings of com - fort and i 7 3 3 5 5 joy, com-fort and | joy, = fort and | joy!16 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn Arr. by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Moderato 3 1s the | new-bornKing! |Peace on earth and 7 2 5 Join the tri-umph] of the skies;_ |With an-gel - ic | host pro-claim, |"Christ is _ born in 16 aed AEN ae Beth-le- hem!" |Hark! the her-ald | an- gels sing | "Glo-ry__. tothe | new-born King!"7 O Come, All Ye Faithful JF Wade Arr. by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Joyfully oy Se 4, 3 —— fo come, all ye | faith - ful, | Joy-ful and ti- | umph- ant, O | come ye, O eo Come and be -|hold Him, 7 Chorus Born the King of | an - gels, "f., come,let_us a-|dore Him, O | come,let us a - sim 0 " come, let us a -|dore Him, |Christ___ the18 The First Noel Moderato English Carol Arr. by Kowalchyk/Lancaster poor shep herds as19 cold = win - ter’s20 Angels We Have Heard on High French Carol Arr, by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Joyous 9 ae es ee eee (p "Fy gels we have|heard on high, |Sweet-ly sing-ing | o'er the plains, And the moun-tains| 7 3 oe . ; mp. re- ply Ech - 0 - ing their | joy - ous strains.’ Glo 14 3, a ean in ae 4 in ex-cal-sis | De - 0 Glo f, in ex-cel-sis | De21 O Little Town of Bethlehem Lewis H. Redner Moderato Art, by Kowalchyk/Lancaster 3, 2, © |ilit- tle town of | Beth-le - hem, How | still we. see thee bove thy deep and |dream-less sleep The | si - lent stars go in the dark street | shin - eth The | ev - er - last - ing | light; hopes and fears of | all the years Are |met in thee to -|_ night.22 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Richard S. Willis Peacefully Arr. by Kowalchyk/Lancaster 15 1 It’ Jcame up-on — the | mid-nightclear,That| glo - rious song_ of | old, 2 an - gels bend - ing |near the earth To |touch their harps_ of | gold: "Peace 2 2 fg ae a zg : = = = zr: ef —- EE + = T q 3 ———— 9 1 — on the earth, good-| will to. men, FromJhea-vin's all gra - cious] King. Fz 2 5 13) er ——* — ie = SS SSS = world in sol - emn|still ness lay To |hear the an - gels] sing, 2 “ —f ¢ Pi : fe EE SS z23 We Wish You a Merry Christmas ‘Traditional Arr. by Kowalchyk/Lancaster Merrily 1 2 mAve | wish you a Mer-ry |Christ-mas, We | wish you a Mer-ry | Christ- mas, We Merry |Christ- mas And a |Hap - py New for [Christ - mas, And a | Hap - py T 3 5 5 5