SIMPLE GIFTS Category_Novelty Bethlehem Night featuring Flute and

Bethlehem Night featuring Flute and Horn soloists coupled with brass

Each carol features a different solo instrument with the Piano tying all of them together

Writing can be a catharsis

as there are generous solo and soli passages for them as well as woodwind and brass performers

Duration – 3:40

SIMPLE GIFTS Category_Novelty Bethlehem Night featuring Flute andHummingbird Music Publishers Simple Gifts Oboe Solow with Piano Watch Score VideoView Score Simple Gifts, composed in 1748, was probably intended for part of the Quaker worship experience that involved dancing. Dance instructions seem to appear in the lyrics. The tune was brought to greater public attention when Aaron Copland used it as part of his score to the ballet, Appalachian Spring. It was also borrowed for a recent hymn, Lord of the Dance by