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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

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A Celebration of Our Life 4 5 3
A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth AN WASSERFLÜSSEN BABYLON 3- 3/5 3
A Minor Crash 4 5-8 4
A Sparrow on Christmas Morning 3+ 3/5 3
A Snail’s Pace 5+ 5-8 5
All Creatures of Our God and King LASST UNS ERFREUEN 16 handbells
All Things Bright and Beautiful ROYAL OAK 16 handbells
All Things Bright and Beautiful ROYAL OAK 3+ 3/5
America the Beautiful AMERICA/MATERNA 4 3-5
Angels We Have Heard on High GLORIA 2- 3
Angels, from the Realms of Glory REGENT SQUARE 2 3
As With Gladness Men of Old DIX 3- 3-5 2
Away in a Manger MURRAY 2 3 2
Banana Passacaglia 4 3/5
Be Thou My Vision SLANE 2 2
Be Thou My Vision SLANE 3 3-5 Organ accompaniment
Beautiful Lilies LILIES 3+ 3
Beautiful Savior/Fairest Lord Jesus ST. ELIZABETH 2+ 3-5 2
Blessed Assurance ASSURANCE 2+ 2
Blessed Assurance ASSURANCE 3- 3/5
Blest Be the Tie that Binds DENNIS 16 handbells
Boat on Lake Tai (太湖船) 4- 3-5 2
Bring Me Sunshine 3 3
Celebration 1 3-5
Chopsticks 5/6 3-5 From the Top Music
Come Down, O Love Divine DOWN AMPNEY 3- 3/5 3
Come, Thou Almighty King ITALIAN HYMN 16 handbells
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing NETTLETON 2+ 2
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus HYFRYDOL 2- 3
Coronation and Triumphant Exultation/Crunadh agus Iolach 4 5-8 5 Handbell World
Crown Him with Many Crowns DIADEMATA 2+ 3/5
Crush Collision March 4 3-6 3 + From the Top Music

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Day By Day BLOTT EN DAG 16 handbells
Day By Day BLOTT EN DAG 3 3-5 3-5
Doxology OLD HUNDREDTH 1 3-5 + optional D8
Elysium 3 3-5 Optional flute; by Susan T. Nelson
ENGELBERG ENGELBERG 2- 2
ENGELBERG ENGELBERG 2+ 3-5 1
Escape from No-Note Island 5 5-7
Eternal Father, Strong to Save 3 2 2
Five 2+ 3-5
Flower Drum Song (凤阳花鼓) 4- 3 or 5 4
For the Beauty of the Earth DIX 3- 3-5 2
Forever 5 5-8 3
Friskin’ the Whiskers 5 5-6 2
From a Distant Home ISLA DEL ENCANTO 16 handbells

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Gaudete 16 handbells
Gaudete! 4+ 3-8 3-4
Gesu Bambino 3 3/5 Piano accompaniment
Go, Tell It on the Mountain GO TELL IT 3- 3
God Be with You Till We Meet Again 16 handbells
Greet the Morning 3-5 1
Happy 4 3-5 F6-C7 sorry, not Pharrell Williams…
Happy Birthday 1+ 3-7
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing MENDELSSOHN 16 handbells
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing MENDELSSOHN 2 3
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing MENDELSSOHN 5 3-5 Optional flute
He Leadeth Me AUGHTON 3 3/5
His Eye is on the Sparrow SPARROW 4- 3/5
Holy, Holy, Holy NICAEA 16 handbells
Home at Last 4+ 5-8
How Great Thou Art O STORE GUD 2+ 2
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say JESUS, MEINE FREUDE 2+ 2
I Sing the Mighty Power of God ELLACOMBE 3+ 3-5
I Surrender All SURRENDER 16 handbells
I Will Arise and Go to Jesus 5 3-8 3
In the Bleak Midwinter CRANHAM 2 2 2
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly INFANT HOLY, INFANT LOWLY 2- 3
It Is Well with My Soul VILLE DU HAVRE 16 handbells
It Is Well with My Soul VILLE DU HAVRE 3 3-5 3
Islamey 7* 5 5 (Just because I could)

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Jasmine Flower (茉莉花) 4- 3/5 2
Jesus, Good Above All Other QUEM PASTORES 2+ 3
Jesus, Lover of My Soul ABERYSTWYTH 3 3-5
Jingle Bells 3- 3
Kelvingrove KELVINGROVE 2 2-3
Kingsfold KINGSFOLD 2+ 3-5
Kum Ba Yah 2+ 2 2
Lead On, O King Eternal LANCASHIRE 16 handbells
Let All Things Now Living THE ASH GROVE 3 3-5
Let All Things Now Living THE ASH GROVE 5+ 5-7 3 From the Top Music
Let Us Break Bread Together 2 2-3
Lift High the Cross CRUCIFER 2+ 2
Lift High the Cross CRUCIFER 3- 3/5
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming ES IST EIN ROS’ 1 3
Mack the Knife 5 5-7 3
Mahler Swing 5 5-8 2
Meditation 2 2-3/3-5
Mu Süda Ärka Üles (Awake, My Heart) 3- 4-7 3 Optional eight-bell duet; by Susan T. Nelson
My Faith Has Found a Resting Place LANDÅS 2+ 2
My Faith Has Found a Resting Place LANDÅS 3 3/5 2
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need RESIGNATION 2 2

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Newness 1/2/3 3/5 2
Nocturne 2+ 3/5 3
Now the Green Blade Riseth NOEL NOUVELET 3+ 3-5 1
O Come, All Ye Faithful ADESTE FIDELES 2 3
O Come, O Come Emmanuel VENI EMMANUEL 16 handbells
O Holy Night CANTIQUE DE NOEL 3- 3
O Little Town of Bethlehem FOREST GREEN 2+ 2
O, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus EBENEZER 16 handbells
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High DEO GRACIAS 3- 2
Of the Father’s Love Begotten DIVINUM MYSTERIUM 3+ 3/5 3 Recorded with optional Silver Melody Bells
On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry PUER NOBIS 2+ 2
Once in Royal David’s City IRBY 2+ 3
Peace 2+ 3-5 2
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven LAUDA ANIMA 2+ 2
Praise the Lord, Sing Hallelujah PRAISE JEHOVAH 2+ 3-5 2
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty LOBE DEN HERREN 3- 2
Procession and Celebration 5 5-7 2
Processional (TCCC 2014) 3- 3-5
Psalm 22 PSALM 22 16 handbells

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Rescue 3 3-7 3
Rhapsody in Blue 6+ 5-8 5
Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow 3 3/5
Rock of Ages 3- 3
Sing We Now of Christmas NOEL NOUVELET 3+ 3-5 1
Sleeping Beauty Waltz 16 handbells
Smiles 3+ 4-5 2
Smiles (Bay View Week of Handbells Concert Version) 5 5-8 2
Snow 1+ 3
Somebody Loves Me 5 5-7
Squirrels 4 3/5
Standing on the Promises of God 3 3-5 3 Handbell World
Still, Still, Still 2 2
Stowey 2+ 3-5
Strollin’ in the Park (with My Gal) 3+ 5
Sunrise SUNRISE 2+ 3-5 2
Sussex Carol 3 2

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Tchaikovsky – The Seasons 3 to 5+ 2
Tell Me the Stories of Jesus STORIES OF JESUS 16 handbells
Tell Me the Story of Jesus STORY OF JESUS 16 handbells
That Easter Day with Joy was Bright PUER NOBIS 2+ 2
The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended ST. CLEMENT 2+ 2
The Final Crossing 3- 3-6 2 Optional (piccolo) trumpet
The First Nowell 16 handbells
The God of Abraham Praise LEONI 16 handbells
The Heavens Declare Your Glory FAITHFUL 3 3-5
The Lord Bless You and Keep You BENEDICTION 16 handbells
The Lord is My Shepherd POLAND 3 4-5 2
This is My Father’s World 3- 3/5 2
Those Were the Days 3 5-7 Optional tambourine, flute, wood block, and kazoo
Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne MARGARET 2 3
Tico tico no fubá 5+ 5-7 3
Tigress Rag 5 5-7
To God Be the Glory 4 3/5, optional Bb2
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day 3- 2
‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime HURON CAROL 3 3/5 3
Vårvindar friska 3+ 3-5

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Wait Five Minutes 2 3
Walking Home 3- 3-5 2
Well-Tempered Clavier, Prelude No. 1 16 handbells
Wexford Carol 16 handbells
When Morning Gilds the Skies 2 2
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night CHRISTMAS 2- 3
Winter Dance (5 octaves) 4 5 2
Winter Dance (7 octaves) 4 7 2
Winter Wonderland (5 octaves) 5 5 3
Wonderful Grace of Jesus WONDERFUL GRACE 16 handbells
WOODLANDS 2+ 2
WOODLANDS 3+ 3-5 1
Ye Jazzy Gentlemen 4- 5 3