Away In A Manger - Silent Night - Trombone quintet by Robert Coil Small Ensemble - Digital Sheet Music

This arrangement is for trombone quintet. It employs contemporary harmonies with the traditional melodies to provide a sound that is pleasing to the ear while making the pieces sound fresh. The top four voices take turns with the melody while the Bass trombone sets a foundation with chromatic passing tones that should be given a little emphasis as they occur.Away in a MangerThe first two verses are sometimes attributed to Martin Luther as “Cradle Hymn”, but definitive proof of Luther's authorship is missing. The most common version is based on words found in a Philadelphia Sunday School book by James Murray in 1885 titled “Luther's Cradle Song”.Silent NightFranz Gruber was an Austrian church organist at St Nicholas parish in Obernhof, a small town north of Salzburg. The priest at the church, Joseph Mohr wrote the poem Stille Nacht in 1816 and Gruber composed the music for guitar accompaniment for a Christmas eve service in 1818 because something, possibly a flood, had damaged the organ. So, rather than a keyboard composition, this was originally composed for guitar and voice. The composition was preserved by the man who fixed the organ and shared it with other churches as he traveled. Luckily a copy survived so that Mohr and Gruber could both be acknowledged for their creation.For a complete list of Polished Brass arrangements on Sheet Music Press, visit Polished Brass Publications or search Sheet Music Plus for “ROBERT COIL POLISHED BRASS”.The arranger, Bob Coil, is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of music, where he studied bass trombone with Betty Glover. Dr. Coil is the leader of the Bones of Cincinnatus trombone ensemble and the Polished Brass quintet in Cincinnati, OH.