11/20/2023
New Christmas and holiday brass quintets from Jamescliff Music Publishing! www.jamescliffmusic.com
A la Nanita Nana (Jose Ramos Gomis, arr. Chris Savage)
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Composed in 1904 with lyrics by Juan Francisco Munoz y Pabon, A la Nanita Nana is a traditional Christmas carol and popular lullaby. This arrangement is well suited for a concert, prelude, or reverential service setting.
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Richard S. Willis, arr. Chris Savage)
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Edmund Sears wrote the poem “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” in Wayland, Massachusetts in 1849. The following year, he commissioned Richard S. Willis, a former student of Felix Mendelssohn, to set the poem to a melody. The melody, originally titled “Carol”, became popular throughout the United States. This setting for brass quintet reimagines the famous melody as a swing arrangement.
Sleep, Holy Babe! (John Bacchus D***s, arr. Chris Savage)
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Combining the Victorian Christmas hymn Sleep, Holy Babe! Upon Thy mother’s breast by John Bacchus D***s with James Ramsey Murray’s famous setting of Away in a Manger, this arrangement for brass quintet is an excellent choice for a prelude or reflective musical offering during Advent and Christmas.
Sugar Plum (Tchaikovsky, arr. Taylor Helms)
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This swing version of Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from The Nutcracker is sure to be an audience favorite! Changes are provided for improvised trumpet and trombone solos.