Christmas Music
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Christmas music that is unfamiliar is a great find! My family and many of my piano students have loved this piece (first heard on a harp CD) for years. Below is a lovely version sung by a group of teens in Sewickley, PA for the TriCounty Choir Institute 2009 Madrigal Performance.
The piano version of Christ Child's Lullaby really does sound like a lullaby, with the rocking feeling of the back-and-forth open 5th chords going up and down an octave (like
When Christ was Born).
This is a nice, easy piano piece, except for the third part. The melody is exactly the same with each repetition (there are four returns of the theme). But the left hand gets progressively harder in each section.
I like to give this piece to students who are needing a soft, pretty piano piece. When I say NEEDING a soft piece, I'm talking about heavy-handed piano students who think and play at one level -- FORTE!
I like also for students to have a bit of time to memorize the right hand melody before starting the third section with its quickly-moving eighth notes, so that they can give most of their attention to the left hand. It is admittedly tricky!
Download printable sheet music Christ Child's Lullaby
Here is another lovely rendition of this beautiful Christmas music, with a slightly different tune:
I hope you enjoy using this free music!
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