Details
- Instrument:
- Medium Voice Voice Solo
- Composers:
- Hugh Martin Ralph Blane
- Publishers:
- Artist of Note, Inc.
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
SKU: A0.1548757
By The Carpenters. By Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Arranged by Ken Litton. This edition: pdf, streaming. Broadway, Christian, Christmas, Film/TV, Musical/Show, Standards. 5 pages. Artist of Note, Inc. #1121217. Published by Artist of Note, Inc. (A0.1548757).Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
Vocal Solo with Keyboard arranged by Ken Litton (ASCAP
Written for the 1943 MGM film musical Meet Me in St. Louis, and sung by Judy Garland, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas has become one of the most beloved songs of all time.
Unhappy with the prospect of moving away from their cherished home, a family contemplates the changes and losses involved, but with some hope for a new beginning.
The lyric underwent significant changes along the way from “It may be your last” to “make the yule-tide gay,” “Will be near to us no more” to “Will be near to us once more,” “Until then we’ll have to muddle through somehow” to “Hang a shinning star upon the highness bough” as well from “If the Lord allows” to “If the fates allow.” And, there’s a version called Have Yourself a Blessed Little Christmas available elsewhere with the composer’s blessing.
Here you’ll find the original (and rare) vocal introduction in a modern musical vocabulary and phrases from both the original versions and the revisions, including the 1957 version done by Frank Sinatra.
This arrangement in Bb is fresh and new, still sparkling with the details that take the imagination to the magic of the season, including a final, nostalgic hint of Jingle Bells.
The upper vocal range falls just one step short of the universal unison voice range (Bb3 - F5)—think: Star Spangled Banner without the highest note.
And the accompaniment is easier to play than many with comparatively little movement in the left hand beyond beat three.
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- ArrangeMe:
- Artist of Note, Inc.
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Instrument:
- Vocal Voice Medium Voice Vocal Voice Voice Solo
- Artists:
- The Carpenters Hugh Martin Ralph Blane
- Publisher:
- Artist of Note, Inc.