Details
- Ensembles:
- Brass Ensemble
- Genres:
- Classical Jazz Funk Holiday Christmas Carols
- Publishers:
- Musica Nova USA
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Late Intermediate
- Musical forms:
- Variations
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 96
SKU: A0.1652730
Composed by Gregory Fritze. Arranged by Gregory Fritze. This edition: pdf, streaming. Christmas, Classical, Funk, Holiday, Jazz. 96 pages. Musica Nova USA #1219210. Published by Musica Nova USA (A0.1652730).“Variations on the Twelve Days of Christmas” was composed in 2024 for Bob Powers
and the Naples Brass, who commissioned the piece for their annual Christmas concert that
year. The Naples Brass was organized by Steve DeLadurantey, Director of Music and Worship
Arts at North Naples Church in Naples, Florida. The ensemble has a tradition of performing
several concerts a year including annual Christmas concerts in the Naples, Florida area.
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” is an English Christmas carol and nursery rhyme. A
classic example of a cumulative song, the lyrics detail a series of increasingly numerous gifts
given to the speaker by their “true love” on each of the twelve days of the Christmas season.
The earliest known publication of the words to “The Twelve Days of Christmas” was an
illustrated children’s book, Mirth Without Mischief, published in London in 1780. Over the
years, many different melodies have been associated with the song, of which the best known
is derived from an arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer
Frederic Austin (1872 - 1952), who was also a singer. He first sang it in 1905.
Variations on the Twelve Days of Christmas was recorded in 2024 by Bob Powers and
the Naples Brass, conducted by Steve DeLadurantey. It was recorded at the recording studio
at North Naples Church in Naples, Florida. It will be released later in 2025 on Mark Records.
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