This traditional Christmas Carol is called either "Gabriel's Message", "The Angel Gabriel" or "The Basque Carol". It is thought that this Carol was one of the songs found by the French composer Charles Bordes (1863-1909) while researching traditional Basque music. He published several of these traditional songs, and some were translated and popularised elsewhere in Europe. This version has been arranged for piano or keyboard, and we also have a version arranged for guitar by Welsh guitarist Glenn Jarrett.
Here are a range of printable versions in PDF format suitable for a range of instruments: Main, High, Bass, Clar, Horn, Sax and Viola. Teachers and accompanists (on piano or guitar) can use this Accompaniment with their students.
The audio controls below allow you to play the mp3 version of Gabriel's Message (The Basque Carol) for piano or you can download the MP3 file. You can also download the midi version of Gabriel's Message (The Basque Carol) for piano.
The image below is the first page of the sheet music, and here you can download the full sheet music for Gabriel's Message (The Basque Carol) for piano in PDF format.
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