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Recommended Sheet Music, Christmas Sheet Music: Gift Guide

covers bannerAre you looking for inspiration for gifts for your music-loving family and friends? Our sheet music gift suggestions will delight every music fan - from classical musicians to pop and rock enthusiasts! Browse our sheet music selections from the last twelve months to find the perfect gift for Christmas. 

Gifts for Musicians

Just Isn’t Music | Piano

Twenty-five works transcribed for the first time to sheet music by James Heather. Includes pieces such as Ultraviolet, Empire Sounds, Biomes, Passing Soul, and more, ranging from entry level to advanced difficulty. This printed collection hosts a written introduction alongside insightful performance notes from Heather.

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A curated selection of twenty-two original works written for piano and ideal for the intermediate pianist. Discover beautiful classical piano repertoire by composers spanning the past few centuries, from Bach, Haydn and Farrenc to Liszt, Boulanger and Bartók. Browse more titles in the series.

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Oxford University Press | Organ

The Oxford Book of Organ Music by Women Composers presents a comprehensive survey of historical organ pieces by women composers alongside six newly commissioned works. The music is stylistically varied and encompasses secular and sacred repertoire from a range of periods. In addition to original organ repertoire, the collection also contains several organ transcriptions in new arrangements for the instrument.

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A practical analysis of improvsations on the most important chord progression in Jazz, this book includes eighty 'licks' by the masters of the tenor saxophone: Hank Mobley, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins.

Available Format: Sheet music with Online audio files

Boosey & Hawkes | Ukulele

Thirty-four distinctive pieces perfect for developing ukulele players, inventive progressive repertoire (beginner to intermediate level), informative tips on style, technique for every piece, and audio demonstrations online.

Available Format: Sheet music with Online audio files

Peters Edition | Medium Voice and Piano

Gabriel Fauré’s songs are a highlight of the French art song repertoire. To mark the centenary of the composer’s death, Edition Peters is proud to present the Gabriel Fauré Centenary Songbook: a celebratory edition containing fifteen of his most beautiful and popular songs. Edition for high voice also available.

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Extra Special Gifts

A timeless collection of peaceful piano solos inspired by the night. Featuring over fifty lullabies, peaceful classical works and beautiful neoclassical pieces suitable for intermediate pianists. Browse more titles in the series.

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Faber Music | Piano Duet

A must-have collection of traditional favourites and appealing new arrangements for piano duet (1 piano, 4 hands). Arranged in progressive order, it includes classic duet repertoire from Fauré, Schubert and Debussy as well as lesser-known gems from Chaminade, Ligeti, Phoria and many more. Browse more titles in the series.

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Breitkopf & Härtel | Six Full Scores in a Slipcase

The six last and musically most important symphonies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a Breitkopf & Härtel Urtext edition. A collection of high repertoire value that meets the highest musical and scholarly standards.

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Henle Verlag | Four Volumes in a Slipcase

The classical-romantic string quartet is part of the central repertoire issued by G. Henle Publishers. Mozart’s entire output for string quartet edited by Mozart expert Wolf-Dieter Seiffert is an indispensable companion for all string quartet ensembles and Mozart fans.

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Bärenreiter | Facsimile

Renowned Debussy scholar Denis Herlin explains the history of the work’s genesis and the special features of the autograph.

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Gifts for film and televsion enthusiasts

Get ready for adventurous travels on the keyboard with this great new collection of ten favourite themes from the Indiana Jones series of films. Each theme is transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano solo, and has been approved by John Williams!

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Hal Leonard | Piano

The Instant Piano Songs series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily - whether you use one hand or two! Start with the melody in your right hand, then add basic left-hand chords when you're ready.

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Instrumentalists can play songs from their favourite recent movies with this great book that includes professional demo and backing tracks for play-along fun. Twelve songs arranged for instrumental solo. Find more instrument combinations here.

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Yamaha Music | Guitar

A total of twenty-six popular songs from Studio Ghibli films, including ‘My Neighbour Totoro,’ ‘Princess Mononoke’ and ‘Howl's Moving Castle,’ in both musical notation and tablature. Each song is beautifully and tastefully arranged for solo guitar.

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Omni Music Publishing | Full Score

Alan Silvestri, a relative newcomer to the world of film music, delivered a classic score to a film that would spawn two sequels. This score has been expertly engraved from the original hand-written manuscript and carefully edited from both the recording, and original orchestral parts. Find more Omni Music Publishing titles here.

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Gifts for pop, rock, and jazz fans

Seventeen masterful arrangements for any performance setting: recital hall, virtual site, or intimate living space! The pieces also perfectly complement Eric Baumgartner's Jazz Piano Basics method.

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Hal Leonard | Piano

Relax at the piano with this exceptional collection of satisfying and profoundly beautiful pieces to play. Thirty songs have been arranged for solo piano, in a relaxing style, including: 'All of Me', 'Despacito', 'Perfect', 'Someone Like You', 'Yesterday' and 'Your Song'.

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Faber Music | Piano

Josh Cohen presents a second volume of Radiohead tracks arranged for solo piano with lyrics. Suitable for the intermediate to advanced pianist, Josh Cohen: Radiohead for Solo Piano II features approved piano transcriptions of Radiohead’s best-loved songs.

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The melody-chord playing in this songbook uses techniques of classical guitar as well as folk guitar and combines chords with the song melody to create rousing arrangements, all of which have proven themselves in lessons and have been written by the experienced author and pedagogue Patrick Steinbach to be easy to moderately difficult.

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Hal Leonard | Piano, Vocal and Guitar

Immerse yourself in the extraordinary musical world of Joni Mitchell with this new collection of Joni's most cherished masterpieces, carefully arranged for piano, voice, and guitar chords. Crafted with care, The Joni Mitchell Sheet Music Collection is more than just a collection of sheet music; it's an homage to Joni's extraordinary talent and enduring influence on the music world.

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Hal Leonard | Piano, Vocal and Guitar

Billie Eilish has done it again! The highly-anticipated third album from the nine-time GRAMMY® winner features a sound that redefines and explores genre boundaries, trends and soundscapes, immersing listeners into a full spectrum of emotions. Also available for easy piano.

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Faber Music | Voice and Guitar

Bowie: Acoustic presents over thirty of David Bowie’s greatest songs for acoustic guitar. Featuring songs spanning Bowie’s entire career, including classics such as 'The Man Who Sold the World', 'Space Oddity', 'Starman', 'Quicksand', 'Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide', as well as many unplugged versions in print for the first time. Each song has been expertly transcribed in standard notation and tab, with full lyrics and vocal line.

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Hal Leonard | Piano, Vocal and Guitar

You've memorized all the songs from the double album, now it's time to play them for yourself! This folio includes all tracks from Taylor Swift's double album The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, meticulously arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames. Also available for easy piano or guitar and lyrics.

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Hal Leonard | Piano, Vocal and Guitar

Chappell Roan's debut album is a bold and deeply personal exploration of identity, love, and self-empowerment. Blending infectious pop melodies and introspective lyrics, Roan weaves a narrative that reflects her small-town roots while embracing a vibrant, unapologetic persona.

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Hal Leonard | Piano, Vocal and Guitar

You're already humming Sabrina Carpenter's latest hits, so why not play and sing along? Each track, from the get-up-and-dance energy of Please Please Please to the laid-back vibes of Espresso, showcases Carpenter's unique ability to blend catchy melodies with witty lyrics and playful spirit. This matching songbook features all twelve tracks from the album arranged for piano, voice, and guitar.

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Sixteen hits in easy-to-play arrangements for piano, grades 1–3. Including hit tracks by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and from 2023’s Barbie soundtrack. Presented with background notes and performance tips for every song.

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Hal Leonard | Piano, Vocal and Guitar

Twenty massive hits from 2023-2024, specially arranged for piano, voice and guitar with chord symbols, chord diagrams and full lyrics. Includes ‘Beautiful Things’, ‘Fortnight’, ‘Stick Season’, ‘vampire’, and many more, including three top hits from 2023’s Barbie soundtrack!

Also available for easy piano.

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Gifts for the complete beginner

Oxford University Press | Piano

Piano Time 1 starts at the very beginning, with simple five-finger tunes for hands separately and together. With attractive pieces in all styles, a gradual pace, and full-colour illustrations, this is a superb tutor book for all young pianists.

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Unique diagram-based approach to learning scales for grade exams and general progress at Initial and Grade 1 level. Using the ScaleBlocks method of author Ben Andrew, the book features large, colour-coded keyboard diagrams to make scale playing easy and play-along videos for accessible learning.

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Hal Leonard | Violin

Over fifty songs and six hours of video! Do-It-Yourself Violin is a fun way to get started playing on your own. Using parts of well-known songs from Broadway to classical, pop and rock to jazz, you will be given step-by-step instructions on what you need to know to get started and sound like a pro in no time.

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Hal Leonard | Violin

Inspire the beginner violinist! This title features thirty progressive pieces using just open strings, with incredible backing tracks in popular styles to motivate students to sound their best.

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Hal Leonard | Harmonica

Arrangements of eleven classic songs and can be used on its own or as a supplement to the Hal Leonard Harmonica for Kids Method Book. This wonderful collection of popular songs reinforces important beginning concepts, and beginners will enjoy putting their developing skills to use with songs like 'Puff the Magic Dragon', 'Let It Be', 'Your Cheatin' Heart', and more!

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Hal Leonard | Ukulele

Why a book just for teens? With the ukulele's rise in popularity, there have been a lot of great teaching resources but nothing specifically geared toward the adolescent player. With that in mind, Ukulele for Teens presents the fundamentals of playing the instrument but incorporates songs by some of the most popular artists in music today, presented and arranged in singable keys for the teenage performer.

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