Christmas for 4-Hand Piano
Sheet Music Book
By Joel Raney

These are wonderful. So glad I stumbled onto the duet arrangements of Joel Raney!

These are advanced arrangements when played up to tempo. They are the most fun and exciting of any my partner and I have ever played. They are definitely MASCULINE and BOMBASTIC. None of that sissy Christmas blather. The music portrays Messiah not as the helpless child in the manger, but...

as the MAN of YAHWEH that he became.

I ordered this book to use with my daughter. We will be using the whole book this Christmas season at different services. Loved the arrangements. Some of the key changes were a little odd. Really liked the variety of styles - some soft and subdued, others rhythmic and syncopated.

I ordered this book based on the great reviews left by others. I was disappointed when I read through it with my sister. The arrangements are very easy to play, but bombastic and not pretty at all. They modulate to different keys every 20 bars or so, with non-organic...

transitions. I don't think they would sound nice in a church service. I also ordered the Christmas Jazz 4-hand book, and those arrangements were MUCH nicer.

I love the variety of styles throughout this book. Every selection is wonderful and of a nice length, too. I highly recommend this book for intermediate/advanced players. A fellow piano teacher and I are planning to play the whole book for a Christmas event this year.