Christmas Carols for Solo Guitar: 25 Traditional Songs for the Festive Season - Paperback

by Matthew Ellul (Author)

This wonderful collection of Christmas carols for easy guitar consists of 25 of the most popular and most loved Christmas tunes arranged for classical or fingerstyle acoustic guitar.

Arranged in standard notation and guitar tab for beginner to intermediate players.

With recordings available on www.onlineclassicalguitar.com

List of contents:

Angels we have heard on high; Auld Lang Syne; Away in a Manger; Good King Wescenlas; Ding Dong Merrily on High; Deck the Halls; O Come, O Come Emmanuel; I Saw Three Ships; O Little Town of Betlehem; Hark the Herald Angels Sing; It came upon a Midnight Clear; The First Noel; Jingle Bells; Coventry Carol; O Christmas Tree; What Child is This?; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; The Little Drummer Boy; Silent Night; We Three Kings; Still Still Still; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Joy to the World; O Come All Ye Faithful; God Rest You Merry Gentlemen.

Author Biography

Matthew Ellul is a composer, classical guitarist and educator from the warm Mediterranean island of Malta. He is the first Maltese guitarist ever to earn the Master's degree in Classical Guitar Performance and Interpretation at the prestigious guitar program offered by the University of Alicante, Spain. During his studies he was taught by grammy award winners David Russell, Paul O'Dette and Jose d'Eusebio as well as Pepe Romero, Paul Galbraith and Ignacio Rodes (professor of guitar at the University of Alicante).

Matthew also holds a Master's degree in Composition from the University of Malta. Apart from guitar works, he has composed for choirs, orchestras and chamber music for various solo performers as well as duos, trios, quartets and quintets. His music has been played not only in his birthplace Malta but various other countries such as Italy, France, Spain, Greece and Russia.