Hark! the Herald Angels Sing: With Photographs of Paintings from the National Gallery, London

by The National Gallery, London, Barrie Carson Turner, Barrie Carson-Turner, et al.

Book Overview

Celebrate the joy of Christmas with this beautiful collection of traditional and modern carols and sheet music, illustrated with some of the finest paintings from the National Gallery, London. A... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671871463
• ISBN13: 9780671871468
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2 and higher

Customer Reviews

A book for both music and art lovers

This is a beautiful book and gives us the words and music to 18 popular Christmas Carols. The arrangements are for piano, guitar and recorder. I personally had less than a year of piano, but can slowly pick out a few of these pieces. I'm sure that someone with just a little more training would be able to play everything. My friend Jan, gave me this as a Christmas gift because I love to sing and it reminded us of a time when a group of friends spent time around the piano singing carols together. One of the nice points about this book is that in many cases up to 6 verses of the songs are given so that you can spend as much time as you like on your favorite carols without repeating the words.What really makes this book exceptional are the wonderful illustrations that accompany each composition. These are of paintings that are in the National Gallery in London. A few of the pieces are: Christ Glorified in Heaven by Fra Angelico; The Madonna of Humility by Lippo di Dalmasio; and A Winter Scene by Isack van Ostade. The index of the book gives the artist, and a bit of information on each of the paintings.I highly recommend this book to musicians and anyone interested in art.

Terrific Christmas Carol piano arrangements

If you love sitting down at the piano and playing Christmas Carols, this book is a wonderful change of pace. The arrangements are quite unusual, with jazz influences, but quite recognizable, and singable. Since I love to sight read, these were challenging, but not difficult. Usually, by the third verse, I had all the notes right. The photos are beautiful, and all the major carols are included. In addition, there were a few unfamiliar carols. The words to all the verses are on the facing page if anyone wants to sing along. A real pleasure to the eyes and ears!