Weihnachtslieder - für Hornquartett Diverse / Arr. Franz Zaunschirm

27 Weihnachtslieder in 41 Arrangements. Partitur 52 Seiten + 4 Einzelstimmen. Neuauflage 2023


Weihnachtslieder für Hornquartett
40 Christmas Carols für Frenchhorns
ISBN 978-3-901511-82-0
Schwierigkeitsgrad: 1 -3

The present collection contains well known and older, lesser known carols (Austrian Christmas songs).
The range of all four parts is set between G below middle C and E in the second octave above middle C. To achieve a fuller sound a few lower notes are employed in the fourth horn part. When this occurs an alternative octave is offered.
All of the arrangements are noted in F.
The notation is kept as simple as possible to allow the phrasing and articulation to be executed with a song-like quality. The same holds true for the dynamics.
Being that the most of the songs are quite short they should be repeated. The usual number of verses is notated in the upper right margin. The different verses can be varied in performance.
For some of the songs there are two separate settings: one on the left page and one on the right. In some cases this involves only a transposition of a whole step up. This gives the repetition increased intensity, in accordance with the traditional performance practice of folk music. In some cases the different arrangements of a given song allow for varying levels of difficulty.
I hope that these arrangements bring out the true spirit of the original melodies and that you and your ensemble experience great joy in playing and performing them.