Ding Dong Jazzily on High!
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This is a "swingy" take on the traditional Christmas Carol "Ding Dong Merrily on High!",
arranged for two flutes and piano or backing track.
Yes, I've taken this lively and popular Christmas carol and jazzed it up, with lots of syncopated off-beat rhythms - and given it a relaxed "swing" character.
It's a fresh new presentation of this lovely traditional carol.
Ideal for a Christmas celebration when an up-tempo arrangement would suit the mood.
Yes, I've taken this lively and popular Christmas carol and jazzed it up, with lots of syncopated off-beat rhythms - and given it a relaxed "swing" character.
It's a fresh new presentation of this lovely traditional carol.
Ideal for a Christmas celebration when an up-tempo arrangement would suit the mood.
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A well-known, well-loved Christmas carol...
"Ding Dong! Merrily on High" is a sprightly carol known for its seemingly never-ending lines of ‘Glorias’ and is one the most beloved Christmas melodies around - with good reason too because it's filled with happiness and delightfully catchy tune!
The melody of Ding Dong! Merrily on High was first composed as a secular dance tune sometime in the mid-1500s.
It wasn't until George Ratcliffe Woodward, an English writer, and church bell ringing enthusiast wrote the lyrics for Ding Dong! Merrily on High in the early 1900s.
This version of the song was first published in 1924 in his The Cambridge Carol-Book: Being Fifty-two Songs for Christmas, Easter, And Other Seasons.
"Ding Dong! Merrily on High" is a sprightly carol known for its seemingly never-ending lines of ‘Glorias’ and is one the most beloved Christmas melodies around - with good reason too because it's filled with happiness and delightfully catchy tune!
Listen:
It wasn't until George Ratcliffe Woodward, an English writer, and church bell ringing enthusiast wrote the lyrics for Ding Dong! Merrily on High in the early 1900s.
This version of the song was first published in 1924 in his The Cambridge Carol-Book: Being Fifty-two Songs for Christmas, Easter, And Other Seasons.
The original French lyrics were actually
quite bawdy, but Woodward adapted them to be more family-friendly..
To download the flute and piano score,
or
2 flutes and piano (or backing track).
Score, flute parts and separate piano part in one download:
$6 (£5.49)
19 pages.
