Elaine Fine's Thematic Catalog: holiday music

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Mi Y'malel (Who Can Retell) for Piano Trio and for String Quartet

You can find the music for both versions here.

You can listen to the version for violin, viola, and piano here, and the version for violin, cello, and piano here.

You can also find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

You can find the above arrangement for string quartet there, and you can also find a PDF here.

And you can listen to the string quartet arrangement here.

Arrangement: Ocho Kandelikas

Since Flory Jagoda isn't in the public domain yet, I can't put the arrangement in the IMSLP, but I can share the score and parts through this link.

And you can listen to a computer-generated recording here.

Arrangement: Kol Nidre for solo viola d'amore

You can find a PDF on this page of the IMSLP.

Around the Fire: Three Pieces for Oboe and String Trio

You can listen here, and find the score and parts here, and on this page of the IMSLP.

Here's a "greeting card" video of the last movement:

Arrangement: I Saw Three Ships for String Orchestra

You can find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

Arrangement: Once in Royal David's City for String Orchestra

You can find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

Newer Divisions on Green Sleeves to a Ground

You can find the score and parts here, and on this page of the IMSLP.

Will you dance for me Vashti?

The music and a computer-generated audio file is available on this page of the IMSLP.

Arrangements: A Silent Night's Journey (solo) and Silent Night for String Orchestra

For solo violin or solo viola:

For string orchestra (2024):

You can find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

Arrangement: Shchedryk (Ukrainian bell carol) for solo violin, solo viola, or solo cello

"Shchedryk" is Ukrainian for "Bountiful Evening." This traditional New Year's Eve song is about a sparrow who flies into a household and brings news of a good year to follow.

The Wikipedia article about Shchedryk has a lot of interesting information.

You can find these arrangements of Mykola Leontovych's continuation of the opening four-note motive of the traditional melody set for solo violin, solo viola, or solo cello here now, or later on this page of the IMSLP.

Dreidel Fantasy for solo cello or solo viola

You can listen to a cello performance here, and find a PDF file (along with a version for solo violin) on this page of the IMSLP.

I'm Staying Home for Christmas

I came across this photograph the other day. The tune is obviously not "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and the syllables don't even match the rhythms. However, if you ignore the left-hand harmony, the tune sounds like a second theme of a song I may have heard before.

It started bothering me. The tune fragment kept running through my head with the words, "I'm staying home this Christmas," so I had to use it in a brand-new Christmas song addressing the stamp issue and the current Christmas season. You will find the tune on the stamp at the half-way point of the song. The "original" is in F major, and this song is a whole-step lower, in the key of E-flat major.

You can find a PDF on this page of the IMSLP.

Here's recording by Susan Nelson!

(Thank you, Susan.)

Where do the Old Years Go?

December 21, 2019

And there's an instrumental version (in a slightly quicker tempo) for alto recorder (or violin) and piano:

And there is (of course) a version for viola and piano:

You can find the music for both versions on this page of the IMSLP, and also listen to a recording of it here.