Category: Church Music

Amazing Grace – Twelve handbells

Amazing Grace is one of the best-known hymns of all time. John Newton wrote it in the eighteenth century, and from then till today it still brings forth the message of soul saved and life changed. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am …

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Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise (ST. DENIO) – for twelve handbells

Hymns have long been a means of trying to understand the unfathomable nature and Person of God. Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise, to the tune ST. DENIO, speaks of how God is beyond our comprehension who reaches to us from His throne. Here is our new arrangement for twelve handbells. Immortal, invisible, God only wise, …

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Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise (ST. DENIO) – Twelve handbells

Hymns have long been a means of trying to understand the unfathomable nature and Person of God. Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise, to the tune ST. DENIO, speaks of how God is beyond our comprehension who reaches to us from His throne. Immortal, invisible, God only wise, In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most …

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It’s Our Anniversary!

Today is our tenth anniversary! Not Choraegus (we celebrated 26 years at the end of last year), but OURS, as in Larry & Carla. From God making it possible for us to meet on the Handbell Community Online, to Facebook, to Skype, and through the Bay View Week of Handbells, where we met and got …

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Psalm 22 – Sixteen handbells

PSALM 22 is a sixteenth-century hymn from the Genevan Psalter. The referenced psalm starts with “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?”, declaring King David’s remorse after sin. The text was spoken centuries later when Jesus died on the cross, accepting the punishment for our failure to live up to God’s perfect standard. …

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Away in a Manger (CRADLE SONG) – for twelve handbells

Away in a Manger is sung to several melodies; among them are CRADLE SONG/KIRKPATRICK, MURRAY, and NORMANDY. It’s our pleasure to introduce you to our new twelve-bell arrangement of CRADLE SONG by William Kirkpatrick! Our new arrangement of this Christmas song for twelve handbells has versions in Bb major (C5-G5) and C major (D5-A6), so …

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Go Tell It on the Mountain – for twelve handbells

The birth of the Christ Child has been an occasion for great joy for centuries. Go Tell It on the Mountain gives us both the command to proclaim the coming of the Savior as well as a song by which to declare it. It’s our pleasure to present our new twelve-bell arrangement! Our new arrangement …

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List of Scores for Handbell Choir

Here’s a quick compilation of our scores for handbell choir (including our sixteen-bell pieces, which are two or three octaves, depending range selected). Each title is a link to the corresponding webpage. TITLE HYMN TUNE Level Oct. Bells Oct. Chimes Comment ABC | DEF | GHI | JKLM | NOP | QRS | TUV | …

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List of Hymn Arrangements for Twelve Handbells

Here’s a quick compilation of our hymn arrangements for twelve handbells. Each title is a link to the corresponding webpage. TITLE HYMN TUNE Accompaniment available Ah, Holy Jesus HERZLIEBSTER JESU All Creatures of Our God and King LASST UNS ERFREUEN All Glory, Laud and Honor ST. THEODULPH All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name DIADEMATA …

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While on the Sea (UKRAINE) – eight handbells and piano

We go through our life as if navigating a great ocean in a small boat. The waves are large, and threaten us continually. The water is unfathomably deep, and we fear what might happen if we were dumped into it. And so we pray to God for protection and safety, for He is our hope. …

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