The Professional Pianist - Solos for Christmas: 50 Advanced Arrangements

David Trindade said One of the Best Collections of Advanced Christmas Music Piano Solos. One of the best collections of Christmas music advanced piano solos available. The Mozart-like arrangement of "Deck the Halls" is outstanding. Dan Coates has outdone himself with this work.. FuturesTrader said Coates is quite good at arranging songs in ways that enhance the sound. Well done arrangements of well known Christmas songs, spiced up with just enough added notes and mixed rhythm phrasing to give a sound that is 'a cut above' standard music sheets. While the book does contain a mixture of difficulty levels, it seems to be oriented towards Intermediate/Late Intermediate musicians.Coates is quite good at arranging songs in ways that enhance the sound, but don't tip the level of difficulty over too much into the "professional" level. While this may put off some a. Otherwise-excellent collection diminished by poor binding. This is a wonderful collection of pieces for the intermediate pianist, and I sent copies to other family members for the holidays. The arrangements are lovely and nearly sight-readable, which is great when you're a church musician and need to cover a lot of Advent/Christmas services. My only caveat, and it's a big one: the book doesn't lie flat, and it's so thick that it's hard to keep it open even when using a couple of hymnals. Definitely doesn't work for page turns. What I had to do was ph

This collection of 50 beloved Christmas songs has been crafted to provide professional-sounding, easily prepared arrangements for busy pianists. Perfect for holiday parties, light concerts, or other festive gatherings, these piano solos will provide a valuable resource of crowd-pleasing favorites. Each arrangement has been carefully engraved for easy reading, and approximate performance times have been included to assist with planning set lists. Titles: * Angels We Have Heard On High * Auld Lang Syne * Away in a Manger * Believe (from The Polar Express) * The Christmas Waltz * Deck the Halls * The First Noel * Frosty the Snowman * Gesù Bambino (The Infant Jesus) * The Gift * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * God Rest Ye Merry, Gen