News - Christmas Sheet Music

Join the "Föhrenberger Blasmusik" on
a wintry trip to St. Johann...

The beautiful winter waltz by Roland Gruner
in the edition for Small Concert Band with vocals (optional).

Arrangement: Willi Stelzig
Key: B flat major to E flat major
Level: 2-3

Weihnachten steht vor der Tür - this phrase isn’t just an
idiomatic expression about the approaching Advent season, but also a
well-known, lively Christmas song.
The song originally comes from the Czech Republic and
became a real catchy tune back in the GDR. 

Small concert band with vocals (optional)

Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis
Key: E-flat Major
Level: 2-3

A beautiful, peaceful, Alpine-style Christmas piece,
also very well suited for youth concert band 

For small concert band with organ and optional lyrics.

Part sheet size: A5
Score: A4

Arrangement: Karl Michael Wolf
Difficulty: 1+
Key: F Major

The beautiful Christmas medley compiled
by Hermann Rappel includes the following titles:

Andachts Jodler (Devotional Yodel)
Vom Himmel hoch (From Heaven Above)
Ihr Kinderlein kommet (Come, Little Children)
Leise rieselt der Schnee (Silently Falls the Snow)
O du fröhliche (O How Joyful)
Aber Heidschi Bumbeidschi (But Heidschi Bumbeidschi)
O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)
Schlafe mein Prinzchen (Sleep, My Little Prince)
Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

Arrangement: Michael Wolf
Grade: 2-3
Keys: Eb, Bb, and Ab-major

Small Concert Band

“Guten Abend, schön Abend, es weihnachtet schon”
is a beautiful, peaceful Christmas tune
from Carinthia that will lend your Advent and Christmas concert a
particularly atmospheric and festive mood.

Music & lyrics: Traditional
Arrangement: Karl Michael Wolf
Key: B flat major
Grade: 2
Small Concert Band (with vocals)

Parts format: A5
Score format: A4

Glühwein-Galopp (Small Concert Band)

A cheerful, musical carousel ride through the christmas season

Get on and off - next stop: Christmas!
Music: Sebastian Tuschla-Hoffmann
Editing: Herbert Ferstl
Grade: 2,5-3

Joy the the world,
Fröhliche Weihnacht überall,
Kling Glöckchen,
Deck the hall,
Hark the herald angels sing,
Alle Jahre wieder

in an amusing and varied mix that is repeated over and over again
provides surprises.

"Ein Wintertraum" based on the well-known melody of
"In the bleak midwinter" by Gustav Holst.

Editing: Erwin Jahreis
German lyrics: Kati Schubert

Key: E-flat major, F-major and A-flat major
Grade: 3-4

Performance opportunities:
- Small Concert Band
- Small Concert Band with vocal duet
- Small Concert Band with mixed choir
- Mixed choir with piano accompaniment

Edition for Small Concert Band

This beautiful,
melodic chorale was composed by Sebastian Tuschla-Hoffmann.

Difficulty: 3
Key: A-flat Major

The composer was inspired by the beauty and
charm of the church at the San Marco Monastery during a visit to Florence.

One of the world’s most famous Irish ballads
in a new arrangement by Erwin Jahreis for small concert band.  

With its melancholic melody, based on the Irish classic “Londonderry Air,”
and its heartfelt and moving lyrics, which speak of farewell, longing, and hope,
this timeless and beautiful song is particularly suited to the contemplative Christmas season. 

Music and lyrics: Traditional
Arrangement: Erwin Jahreis 

Key: B-flat Major 
Level: 2-3
Duration: 4 min. 11 sec. 

Edition for Small Concert Band 
with vocals (optional, in English)