767594-2 Foreword Joy! Webster¶s 'ictionary de¿nes ³Moy´ as the emotion of great delight, happiness, or elation. Joy can be e[pressed with overÀowing e[ultation, or in Tuiet reverence and peace. In the liIe oI a believer, Moy is related to *od¶s abiding presence in our lives, regardless oI circuPstances. $nd that Moy is everlasting &hristPas is one oI the Post MoyIul tiPes oI the year, as we celebrate the birth oI our Savior. 7his piano collection includes celebratory carols, including How Great Our Joy!, and Hark! the Herald Angels Sing. But there are also Tuiet, reÀective carols liNe Silent Night! Holy Night!, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, and In the Bleak Midwinter. $s you play through these beloved carols, Pay your heart be drawn to the One whose birth we celebrate. +ave a MoyIul &hristPas – Cindy Berry About the Arranger &indy Woods Berry was born in +ouston, 7e[as, and attended +ouston Baptist 8niversity. She started taNing piano lessons when she was si[ years old, and started coPposing original songs when she was a teenager. But writingcoPposing was Pore oI a hobby until *od called her to write in 1983. Since then, she has devoted about halI oI her writing tiPe to choral anthePs Ior adults and children, and halI to arranging Ior piano. +er anthePs, Pusicals, and piano collections are Iound in the catalogs oI Pany PaMor publishers. She enMoys leading coPposer weeNends and conIerences throughout the country. She was the 2016 recipient oI the W. Hines Sims Award IroP the Baptist &hurch Music &onIerence. &indy has always been active in her local church Pusic Pinistry, serving as church pianist and children¶s choir director. +er goal in writing is always to present her Pusic as an o൵ering oI worship and praise to *od. &indy and her husband Bruce are blessed to have three adult sons and si[ grandchildren. 7hey PaNe their hoPe in .illeen, 7e[as. Contents +arN the +erald $ngels Sing ............................................................................................................... 3 +ow *reat Our Joy with Sing We Now oI &hristPas ......................................................................... 8 Silent Night +oly Night ................................................................................................................... 12 O &oPe, O &oPe, EPPanuel ............................................................................................................ 16 $ngels IroP the 5ealPs oI *lory ....................................................................................................... 21 Let $ll Mortal )lesh .eep Silence with BreaN )orth, O Beauteous +eavenly Light ......................... 24 *od 5est <ou Merry, *entlePen ........................................................................................................ 28 Joy to the World with Oh, +ow JoyIully ............................................................................................ 32 7hou 'idst Leave 7hy 7hrone ............................................................................................................ 36 In the BleaN Midwinter ....................................................................................................................... 40 2
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767594-2
ForewordJoy! Webster s ictionary de nes oy as the emotion of great delight, happiness, or elation. Joy can be e pressed with over owing e ultation, or in uiet reverence and peace. In the li e o a believer, oy is related to od s abiding presence in our lives, regardless o circu stances. nd that oy is everlasting
hrist as is one o the ost oy ul ti es o the year, as we celebrate the birth o our Savior. his piano collection includes celebratory carols, including How Great Our Joy!, and Hark! the Herald Angels Sing. But there are also uiet, re ective carols li e Silent Night! Holy Night!, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, and In the Bleak Midwinter. s you play through these beloved carols, ay your heart be drawn to the One whose birth we celebrate.
ave a oy ul hrist as
– Cindy Berry
About the Arrangerindy Woods Berry was born in ouston, e as, and attended ouston Baptist niversity. She
started ta ing piano lessons when she was si years old, and started co posing original songs when she was a teenager. But writing co posing was ore o a hobby until od called her to write in 1983. Since then, she has devoted about hal o her writing ti e to choral anthe s or adults and children, and hal to arranging or piano. er anthe s, usicals, and piano collections are ound in the catalogs o any a or publishers. She en oys leading co poser wee ends and con erences throughout the country. She was the 2016 recipient o the W. Hines Sims Award ro the Baptist
hurch Music on erence.
indy has always been active in her local church usic inistry, serving as church pianist and children s choir director. er goal in writing is always to present her usic as an o ering o worship and praise to od. indy and her husband Bruce are blessed to have three adult sons and si grandchildren. hey a e their ho e in illeen, e as.
Contentsar the erald ngels Sing ............................................................................................................... 3ow reat Our Joy with Sing We Now o hrist as ......................................................................... 8
Silent Night oly Night ................................................................................................................... 12O o e, O o e, E anuel ............................................................................................................ 16
ngels ro the eal s o lory ....................................................................................................... 21Let ll Mortal lesh eep Silence with Brea orth, O Beauteous eavenly Light ......................... 24
od est ou Merry, entle en ........................................................................................................ 28Joy to the World with Oh, ow Joy ully ............................................................................................ 32
hou idst Leave hy hrone ............................................................................................................ 36In the Blea Midwinter ....................................................................................................................... 40
