Traditional/Wood, C: Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Traditional/Wood, C: Ding Dong! Merrily on High

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‘Ding Dong! Merrily on High’ is one of the best-loved Christmas carols. Here, Charles Wood’s version has been arranged for wind quintet/quartet. Free PDF.

  • Instruments : Wind quintet: Fl. Ob. Cl. in Bb Hn. Bsn.  |   Wind Quartet:  Fl. Ob. Cl. in Bb Bsn.
  • Difficulty : B/C – approx. ABRSM Grade 4-5
  • Duration : 1’30” 
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Description

Ding Dong! Merrily on High originated as a 16th century secular French dance tune and was published in a dance manual by a priest under the pseudonym Thoinot Arbeau.

It became known as a Christmas carol in the early 20th century when Irish composer Charles Wood (1866-1926) created an arrangement of the melody in a four-part choral harmonization, with words by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934). It remains one of the best-known Christmas carols.

Here in free PDF arrangements for wind quintet and wind quartet.

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