Category: Easter

Sep 22

It’s Our Anniversary!

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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 …

bass handbell solo, handbell choir, handbell ensemble, handbells, Larry Sue, Low Ding Zone, SATB choir, SSA ensemble, TTBB ensemble

List of Scores for Handbell Choir

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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 | …

May 26

Crown Him with Many Crowns (DIADEMATA) – for handbells, 3 or 5 octaves, Level 2+

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We have a new arrangement of the hymn Crown Him with Many Crowns! It’s for three, four, or five octaves of handbells, plus one octave of handchimes. It’s Level 2+, and has plenty for your ringers to do and enjoy! Purchasing the handbell choir version of this arrangement grants permission to print and maintain up …

3-5 octaves, AGEHR Level 2, handbell choir, handbells, hymn, Larry Sue

Mar 28

Go to Dark Gethsemane (REDHEAD No. 76) – for six accompanied handbells

By admin in Choraegus, Church Music, Easter, Handbell Ensemble, Handbells, Six-Bell

The hymn tune REDHEAD NO. 76 seems unusual; its background is that the composer, Richard Redhead, published a book of hymns in the nineteenth century. Learning this made it all clear for me! Our arrangement for six accompanied handbells is straightforward to play, and will contribute to your services during Holy Week. Go to dark …

6-bell, accompanied, handbell ensemble, handbells, hymn, Larry Sue, piano

The Strife is O’er (VICTORY) – Six handbells and piano

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The hymn tune VICTORY by Palestrina dates back to the seventeenth century. About a century later, Francis Pott translated the Latin text from the Symphonia Sirenum to English, giving us the hymn The Strife is O’er, the Battle Done. The strife is o’er, the battle done; the victory of life is won; The song of …

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Mar 21

The Strife is O’er (VICTORY) – for six handbells and piano

By admin in Choraegus, Church Music, Easter, Handbell Ensemble, Handbells, Six-Bell

The hymn tune VICTORY by Palestrina dates back to the seventeenth century. About a century later, Francis Pott translated the Latin text from the Symphonia Sirenum to English, giving us the hymn The Strife is O’er, the Battle Done. Now Choraegus has a new arrangement for six accompanied handbells! The strife is o’er, the battle …

6-bell, handbell ensemble, handbells, hymn, Larry Sue

Feb 28

All Glory, Laud and Honor – eight handbells and piano

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One of the great Palm Sunday hymns is All Glory, Laud, and Honor. The text was written by St. Theodulph in the seventh century (!), and Melchior Teschner composed the tune we know about a millennium later. You’ll enjoy playing our accompanied eight-bell arrangement! All glory, laud, and honor to You, Redeemer, King, To whom …

8-bell, accompanied, handbells, hymn, Larry Sue, piano

Jan 01

Happy 2022, and Thank You!

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Happy New Year! It’s time for celebration and a bit of relaxing and making resolutions… uh, okay. Maybe not all of those. Many of us have had a difficult year, and are hoping the next trip around the sun is more user-friendly than the one that’s just ended. We hope you have some optimism, however …

Dec 01

Happy Birthday to Us!

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Thank you to those of you who have purchased and played our music! We’ve enjoyed seeing your videos, and have sometimes even been able to been there to see you from the audience. We appreciate having a part in your performances, and even more, in your ministries. Perhaps it underscores the thought that we’re all …

Aug 24

Hooray! We have a new video of Sing We Now of Christmas

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We have a new clone video of our three-to-five-octave arrangement of Sing We Now of Christmas (aka Now the Green Blade Riseth)! This arrangement was written for the Carillon Choir of the Third Reformed Church of Holland, Michigan.

3-5 octaves, AGEHR Level 3, Christmas, handbell choir, handbells, Larry Sue

Type of PDF score	Number of copies per PDF score you’re allowed to make
6-bell score, accompanied	Three handbell score copies, one accompanist copy, and one full score copy
8-bell score	Four score copies
8-bell score, accompanied	Four handbell score copies, one accompanist copy, and one full score copy
12-bell score	Six score copies
12-bell score, accompanied	Six handbell score copies, one accompanist copy, and one full score copy
16-bell score	Eight score copies
Handbell choir score	Fifteen score copies
(Handbell) ensemble	One copy of each part for each ensemble member