Christmas Sheet Music
Christmas sheet music "On Christmas Night" or "Sussex Carol" for 2 parts, voices or melody instruments, free! This pretty, vibrant Christmas carol is old-fashioned with a traditional English feeling, yet is fairly unknown. My beginning singing class learned it very easily and liked it at once! |
I love the energy in this song. The Christmas carol lyrics are to the point: "Then why should men on earth be so sad, since our Redeemer made us glad? When from our sin he set us free, all for to gain our liberty!"
Here is perhaps the most elegant choir rendition of "On Christmas Night" that you will hear on Youtube; David Willcocks' arrangement of the Sussex Carol, sung by the Choir of King's College. Most lovely:
Though I have set this song mostly in 2 parts, the "alto" or Part II splits off, briefly making 3 voices in the first two lines. If you don't have three singers or instrumentalists, then choose one of the alto parts and don't worry about the missing voice.
Download free Christmas sheet music On Christmas Night
The following recording of Sussex Carol is by Brian Dunning, Jeff Johnson, and John Fitzpatrick from A Windham Hill Christmas
Merry Christmas!
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