A Treasury of Christmas Songs: Twenty-Five Favorites to Sing and Play

by Metropolitan Museum of Art and Dan Fox

Celebrate Christmas with a song! A Christmas songbook illustrated with spectacular art from the Metropolitan Museum A Treasury of Christmas Songs pairs twenty-five well-loved holiday classics with exquisite art from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here are Christmas favorites for children of all ages to sing and play, such as "Deck the Halls," "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," and "The First Noel." The music dates from the Middle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805076573
• ISBN13: 9780805076578
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.6" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

happy holidays

This is a beautiful collection of Christmas songs for the family with outstanding illustrations from museum quality art works. 25 songs are featured here in this collection. Each song has a brief introduction describing its origins or other important facts, and each image also has a description, often including historical tidbits. The illustrations are great! If you are looking for a book of carols to just sing to or for you young musician to play this is the book to get. We would recommend this book. The colorful illustrations make it a good book for young children to look at while singing or playing at the piano.

Voilá!

[This review first appeared in the "Ephrata (Pa.) Review."] Pair an eclectic assortment of museum pieces--paintings, prints and textiles--with musical arrangements of beloved holiday songs. Adorn with tidbits of information about the music and artwork, and wrap in an attractive cover. Voilá--an alluring package. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is illustrated with details from an American coverlet of the late 1700s, images from a Swedish tapestry titled "Marriage at Cana" (early 1800s) and drawings from an Austrian postcard of the early 1900s. "We Three Kings" is paired with the early 15th-century painting "The Journey of the Magi" by Italian artist Stefano di Giovanni. Guitar chords accompany the piano arrangements, which are suitable for beginning and intermediate musicians. This is a production both practical and poetic.