Christmas Classic Duets

Posted on 11 October 2021 By Jemima

It’s Party Time!

Christmas Classic Duets comprises 30 fabulous classical pieces picked for their Christmassy aura and arranged as duets for intermediate and advanced players.

Most are two or three pages in length. The melodies are shared between the parts and would suit players of a similar standard who like a challenge – several (not most) are on the tricky side! Many are famous pieces by famous composers but some are beautiful works but less well known, including several by 18^th and 19^th century women composers.

Christmas is a time of joy and fun, and for centuries composers have written music in celebration of it. We have included religious works, seasonal music, music for parties, dancing, opera, plays, pantomime and ballet, and even Christmas gift music: Clara Schumann wrote music as a Christmas gift for her husband, Robert, and John Phillip Sousa wrote The Stars and Stripes as a Christmas gift to the American people. We hope you enjoy playing them all at every time of the year.

Includes: Canon – Johann Pachelbel, Cariglion – Elisabetta de Gambarini, Cinderella – Pauline Viardot-Garcia, Danse de la Fée Dragée – Nutcracker – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Danse des Mirlitons – Nutcracker – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Four Traditional Carols – Gustav Holst, Hallelujah Chorus – George Frideric Handel, Hark the Herald – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Hodie Christus natus est – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Ich stand in dunklen Traümen – Clara Schumann, In dulce jubilo – The Shepherds at the Manger – Franz Liszt, Le Noël des oiseaux – Cécile Chaminade, Le sommeil de l’enfant – Teresa Carreño, Marche – Nutcracker – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, O Holy Night – Adolphe Adam, Ouverture Miniature – Nutcracker – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Pastoral Sinfonia – Johann Sebastian Bach, Pastoral Symphony – George Frideric Handel, Pièces Froides – Erik Satie, Procession of Ovsyen and Kolyada – Rimsky-Korsakov, Schlittenfahrt – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sinfonia – Alessandro Scarlatti, Skater’s Waltz – Émile Waldteufel, The Frost Scene – Henry Purcell, The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa, Toy Symphony – Edmund Angerer, Tritsch Tratsch Polka – Johann Strauss, Trépac – Nutcracker – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Vivace and Allegro – Arcangelo Corelli, and Winter – Antonio Vivaldi.