Christmas Sheet Music: Silent Night

Silent night, holy night…This charming music comes along with me from my childhood through all years passed… What would be with Christmas celebration if an Austrian composer Franz Xaver Gruber had never composed Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht? Written December 24, 1818 and performed that very day, this music became very famous during the next two centuries and now it is one of the most popular Christmas carols. It is always so astonishing when a song becomes worldwide popular, when every child in the world knows, enjoys and sings this song. And definitely the Silent Night (Stille Nacht) is absolutely magic song. Listen to it once and you will never forget it. It makes you feel happy; it gives you taste of coming Christmas, joy and pleasure. Numerous musicians have made arrangements and cover versions of the Silent Night for any kind of instrument, voice or ensemble. I enjoy playing the piano arrangements of the Silent Night (Stille Nacht).



There are of course many other beautiful Christmas carols. My other favorite carol is Oh Holy Night.



You can download Christmas sheet music and enjoy playing and singing Silent Night (Stille Nacht) or Oh Holy Night as well as numerous other beautiful carols.

Puttmann Fantasia on Christmas carols

Christmas is the most favorite fest of many people and I am one of them. The Christmas time is fanned by a romantic fairy tale aura. This is the island of never-ending happiness and boundless joy in the sea of everyday problems, expectation of a holiday and magic, so familiar since the childhood. Once I have noted a paradoxical thing. The sound of Christmas carols arouses in me sensation of warmth and coziness, though the Christmas is the time of snow and cold.
I have found very nice piano piece written on themes of Christmas carols by Max Puttmann. Name of this piece in German is O, selige Weinnacht, which might be translated as Oh, happy Christmas. This is an easy Fantasia on the most beautiful Christmas carols. Most of them are German origin. The author used famous carols as Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen), The Christmas Tree, Most Beautiful Tree (Der Christbaum ist der schönste Baum), Oh Christmas Tree (O Tanennbaum), Silent Night (Stille Nacht Heil'ge Nacht), Sweeter the Bells Never Sound (Süßer die Glocken nie klingen), Oh Thou Joyful Day (O du Fröhliche, o du selige), Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ. If you are looking for the music for Christmas time the Fantasia on Christmas carols O, selige Weinnacht by Max Puttmann might be interesting for you.