O Holy Night (arr. Mike Raymond) by Adolphe Adam Sheet Music for Piano Solo at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Adolphe Adam

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Adolphe Adam

Arranger Mike Raymond

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 3

Arrangement Piano Solo

Publisher Mike Raymond

Level 4

Product ID 1668052

Genre Christmas Sacred Traditional Advent 19th Century

Instruments Piano

Product Description

Solo Piano arrangement of the popular sacred song. The left hand focuses on arpegiatted patterns in order to fill out the texture, in light of the more sparse and melodic right hand melody. As this was originally a choral piece with orchestral backing, the right hand comps for the multi vocal elements of the original through (essentially) chordal phrasing. This combination of elements makes for a rich and full sounding arrangement, but being confined to a solo instrument is also modest and subtle, making it ideal for christmas carol concerts or church nativity services. The song itself is understood to have originated in France sometime around the 19th century and not long after was then adapted with English lyrics by an American music critic and minister. It has since become (and remains) one of the most popular carols in the USA.

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