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Christmas Carols · Sheet music

The First Noel sheet music

Sheet music for The First Noel (the English carol first printed in 1833, whose refrain repeats the word Noel). Every arrangement below is a free PDF with its MIDI file.

English name
The First Noel
Original name
The First Noel
Year
1833
Composer
Traditional English carol
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Every arrangement of The First Noel

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The First Noel piano sheet music

The First Noel was first printed in William Sandys' Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern (1833), but singers in Cornwall had carried it for generations before that. The melody climbs the same stepwise phrase again and again, so the easy version in C major is a good first carol to read. The intermediate version is the classic four-part hymn setting in D major for both hands.