Product Description
Take a trip around the world with your students,
experiencing the music and styles of eight countries and regions: The United
States, Italy, Mexico, the Middle East, China, Austria, Russia and France. The
popular Christmas carol We Wish You a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year is set in the style of music
representing each of these locations. Your students will enjoy seeing how a familiar
melody can be changed into something quite different but still maintain its
original identity.
The first violin part makes extensive use of third
position but does not go beyond third position. The other parts remain in first
position. The piece contains key changes, tempo changes, and chromatic passages
along with spiccato passages. Included
are full orchestral score, 8 Violin I parts, 8 Violin II parts, 5 Viola parts,
5 Cello parts, 5 Double Bass parts and 4 Violin III parts that can be used in
place of viola. The work is on the Grade 4 level and is approximately 8 minutes
long.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.