First Christmas contains refreshing, new-sounding instrumental Christmas music which projects the same appealing qualities as Rachel's Song -- inspiring, soothing, beautiful, and moving. Gary Prim is featured on acoustic grand piano and keyboard. Dave Combs plays the piano and bells on his original composition, Happy Christmas Bells.

Dave's father, Joe Combs, wrote the other original composition, King of Kings Is Born. A two-page SATB choral arrangement of King of Kings Is Born is available in Acrobat PDF format for downloading and printing. Permission is granted to choral/choir directors to download and print a limited number of copies of this arrangement for use by their chorus/choir. The file is 275K and is 600 dpi resolution. Download Choral Arrangement in Acrobat PDF Format

You have two choices for listening to sound samples. If your computer has a sound application that can play .au files, we have one sample for you to download. If your computer has the capability to play streaming audio files in the RealAudio format, just click on any of the five song titles below that are followed by. The RealAudio song samples are approximately 45 seconds long. If you are having difficulty playing the RealAudio samples, Amazon.com has a wonderful audio help page with more information. Use the Back button on your browser to return to this Combs Music page.

1. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [1:55]
2. The First Noel [3:18]
3. Silent Night [3:33]
4. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear [3:13]
5. There's a Song in the Air [2:16]
6. Hymn to Joy [1:55]
7. O Little Town of Bethlehem [3:24]
8. Happy Christmas Bells [2:05] (Written by Dave Combs) Download and Play Sound Sample (10 sec @ 22,050Hz 16 bit 215K au file)
9. Gentle Mary Laid Her Child [2:25]
10. What Child Is This? [2:43]
11. King of Kings Is Born [2:55] (Written by Joe Combs) Download Choral Arrangement in Acrobat PDF Format
12. Away in a Manger [2:45]
13. O Come All Ye Faithful [2:56]
14. Angels We Have Heard on High [3:42]

Total Album Playing Time: [39:11]

To purchase MP-3 files of this entire album or any of the individual songs click on this logo and you will be taken to the DigStation website where you can sample the music and make your purchases.

First Christmas contains all fourteen songs from the First Christmas album transcribed exactly as arranged and performed by Gary Prim on the corresponding recording. Printed with clear, easy-to-read, uncrowded notes. Chords are included. Spiral bound for easy page turning. As a bonus, the choral arrangement (SATB) of the song, King of Kings Is Born, is also included with permission to make limited copies of performance by a choir or chorus. Turn on your tape or CD and play right along with the recording.

VIEW / PRINT SAMPLE PIANO SHEET MUSIC PAGE

To view a printable, full size sample page of the sheet music from this book, you have two choices, depending upon the capabilities of your computer.

• If your computer has the Acrobat Reader application you can download and save a high-quality Acrobat PDF file of one of the pages from this beautiful book. You can then easily view and print the page and play the music yourself.
  
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• If your computer does not have the Acrobat Reader application you can simply use your Internet Browser to view and print a scanned sample page from this music book. Then use your browser's print command to print the page after it has completed loading.
  
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