A Tannenbaum is a fir tree (German die Tanne) or Christmas tree (der Weihnachtsbaum). Its evergreen qualities have long inspired musicians to write several "Tannenbaum" songs in German.
The best known version was penned in 1824 by a Leipzig organist and teacher named Ernst Anschütz. The melody is an old folk tune. The first known "Tannenbaum" song lyrics date back to 1550. A similar 1615 song by Melchior Franck (1573–1639) goes:
Ach Tannenbaum, ach Tannenbaum, du bist ein edler Zweig! Du grünest uns den Winter, die liebe Sommerzeit.
You can download this arrangement I wrote of O Tannenbaum using jazz chords. The first PDF file are the INSTANT READ NOTES. Each note has the letter of the name of the note embedded in the note head itself making it easy to read and play on the piano or keyboard. The second PDF file has pure music notation, but this sheet music has the names of the jazz chords written above each measure. Also this second PDF file has the left hand part written in a second treble clef staff. You can listen to this MIDI file to hear my arrangement.
When you purchase my SECRET WEBSITES you will get tons of songs written in the INSTANT READ NOTES style which makes it really easy to play the piano.