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Title	Simple Gift of Christmas, The
Article no.	4014423
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Christmas music (orchestra instrumentation)
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Series title	Beginning Performance Series
Year of publication	2004
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Composer	Clark, Larry
Difficulty level	0
Duration	2:00
Additional info/contents	Simple Gifts is one of America's most beautiful songs. Most people believe it is a folk song, but it was actually written by Joseph Brackett, a shaker minister, and has become synonymous with American music through the setting by Aaron Copland in his ballet Appalachian Spring. In this piece, Larry Clark has created a collage of favorite Christmas carols layered over the famous song. Perfect for your very first holiday concert, The Simple Gifts of Christmas is written using only the first six notes learned in typical band methods and no rhythm is more difficult than quarter notes are carried in the winds. A great choice for your student's first Christmas concert!
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