Piano Stylings of Classic Christmas Carols (The Steinway Library of Piano Music) [Sheet music] Review

For those of you that wondered, as I did, what songs were in this book, I'm listing them:
Angels We Have Heard On High
Away In a Manger
Bring A Torch, Jeannette Isabella (??)
Carol Of The Bells
Deck The Halls
The First Noel
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
The Holly & The Ivy
I Heard The Bells
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Joy To The World
O Christmas Tree
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Holy Night
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Silent Night
We Three Kings
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
What Child Is This
That would be 20 songs for around 50 cents a song when the book is on sale; not bad.I tried out about four of them to give an idea of difficulty and harmonics.The level is most close to intermediate; advanced players may find these too easy technically.However, there is a level of difficulty for the player to make the piano sing the melody in a pleasing and/or moving fashion.Silent Night is an acid test because there isn't much harmonic variety in the song as written.The arrangement here adds a little color without straying too far from the familiar.In some arrangements, however, the harmonic resolutions were not as good as they should be; there are obvious attempts to surprise the ear by adding unexpected chords that then do not fold back in very smoothly.In such instances I'm not afraid to alter the chord progression to a more pleasing result.

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Product Description:
Twenty of the most beloved Christmas carols of all time. As in all the volumes of this superb series, each setting has been crafted by top arrangers to sound gorgeous and professionally polished, yet all the music is quite playable. Also included are arranger profiles and complete lyrics of the carols. As with all books in this series, it includes a unique lay-flat binding to help keep the music open on the music stand.

Titles include: Away in a Manger
* Carol of the Bells
* The First Noel
* The Holly and the Ivy
* It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
* Joy to the World
* O Come, All Ye Faithful
* O Little Town of Bethlehem
* Silent Night
* We Wish You a Merry Christmas and more.

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