(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Arrangements for piano, voice and guitar of 100 all-time Christmas favorites, both sacred and secular in nature. Includes: Angels We Have Heard on High * Baby, It's Cold Outside * Christmas Time Is Here * Do You Hear What I Hear * The Friendly Beasts * Grown-Up Christmas List * Happy Xmas (War Is Over) * I'll Be Home for Christmas * The Little Drummer Boy * Mary, Did You Know? * O Holy Night * Please Come Home for Christmas * Silver Bells * White Christmas * Winter Wonderland * and more.

"Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it's the best song anybody ever wrote." Irving Berlin, 1942 A biography of the single most important record in the history of popular music

For voice and piano; includes chord symbols.

(Vocal Selections). The 1954 film White Christmas is a beloved holiday classic. The stage musical has already delighted audiences nationwides, and will hit the Great White Way this holiday season! Our songbook features piano/vocal arrangements of 17 Irving Berlin gems, plus an essay on the origin of the stage adaptation. Songs: Blue Skies * Happy Holiday * How Deep Is the Ocean * I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm * Sisters * White Christmas * and more!

This collection includes traditional carols as well as popular hits, Christmas tunes for younger folks and songs that bring a smile. Here are 60 of the very best songs written about the holiday season, for easy piano and voice, with lyrics and chord symbols included for optional guitar. Titles include: The Christmas Song * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Jingle Bell Rock * Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town * Winter Wonderland * Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer * The Little Drummer Boy * Frosty the Snowman * All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth * Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer and more. This title has received the iParenting Media award as one of the "Greatest Products of 2006."

From Tin Pan Alley to Broadway and Hollywood, The Great American Songbook: The Stories Behind the Standards tells the stories of our most popular songs with humor, drama and insight. This is timeless music written in unique ways that is constantly being reinterpreted by each generation. Isaac Stern made this distinction between talent and genius: A person possesses talent; genius possesses the person. This is a book about singers, musicians, lyricists and composers taking their talent into the atmosphere of immortality. They are fascinating, and they set the standards by which popular music is measured. They may not have lived easy lives, but their creativity drove them to new heights and they changed the face of American music forever.Music by a wide variety of artists is covered. Some chapters tell the story of just one song; others sketch the life stories of the artists. Music lovers will find new facts and deeper understanding about old friends in The Great American Songbook: The Stories Behind the Standards.

With their unforgettable melodies, timeless messages, and stylistic indebtedness to both jazz and Broadway, American popular standards have proven to be among the most widely performed and enjoyed songs of the past century. Shaped in many ways by the technological and cultural developments of the early twentieth century, they have also managed to transcend these origins and become an enduring part of the American musical landscape. Ann van der Merwe explores how and why American songbook standards developed in the early twentieth century and how these standards have shaped American—and even global—musical culture ever since. The American Songbook explores key aspects of individual songs, including the musical and lyrical reasons for their broad appeal and applicability over the years. The American songbook continues to permeate the fabric of our daily lives. It is a repertoire that spans generations, from Fred Astaire to Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. As a result, music lovers both young and old will enjoy discovering how these beloved songs emerged and why they remain relevant a century later.