SKU: JF.MLAHB1128

UPC: 765844005498.

Divinum mysterium (Christmas), Pange lingua (Holy Week), Victimae Paschali laudes (Easter) and Veni Creator Spiritus (Pentecost) are the plainsongs arranged in this resourceful folio. Ranging in performance time from 1:50 - 3:00, these selections work well to fill in the niches in seasonal services.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1039

UPC: 765844001575.

Perform with a full choir or use assignments for 5 ringers. Either way - a winning piece.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1124

UPC: 765844005443.

Ludwig van Beethoven's movement from Symphony No. 7 is set here for handbells using various special effects to communicate the original symphony. Mallets on tabled bells, martellato, plucking, thumb damp, and shakes all appear to enrich the texture.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1075

UPC: 765844004958.

Czech composer, Antonin Dvorak, is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the nationlist movement. Handbell transcriber, Valerie Stephenson has set dance no. 8 from opus 46 feeling that it lends itself perfectly to the handbell idiom. Performance notes are given to aid the execution of articulations and texture. 149 lively measures.

SKU: LO.HB350

UPC: 000308009460.

A marvelous medley of tunes associated with the cross: IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST I GLORY, WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS, THE STRIFE IS O'ER, CRWON HIM WITH MANY CROWNS, and THINE IS THE GLORY. Well written and easy to prepare.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1106

UPC: 765844003036.

Commissioned by a church in Texas for its 125th anniversary, this arrangement of the American folk hymn tune has been set for 3, 4 or 5 octaves of bells. After a short introduction the melody enters in the bass bells with the mid-range bells on chords and the upper bells dancing around with ornamentation. A little later the registers trade textures. A quicker section involves the use of mallets on tabled bells in the lower voices and the upper bells on the melody in octaves. A broad section finishes the work.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1120

UPC: 765844005412.

Based on the hymn tune WIE LIEBLICH IS DER MAIEN, the processional must be played at the tables due to the marted and malleted accompaniment that compliments the spring-like melody. This melody appears in both upper and lower registers, giving all ringers an opportunity to play the tune.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1074

UPC: 765844003098.

Written in memory of a friend this original composition is marked adagio. The melody gives the impression of comfort and a bittersweet joy. After 16 measures the tempo quickens a bit and the melody moves to the middle bells.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1101S

This work is a versatile Christmas selection which includes a Procession which can be easily memorized: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks and Angels We Have Heard on High..

SKU: JF.MLAHB1112

UPC: 765844003111.

Songs of Faith is a collection of four separate pieces for handbell duet. Prayer is the second selection and is sub-titled: Meditation on man's spiritual nature. Performance notes and suggestions are written into the score.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1087

UPC: 765844003326.

Performance notes read: Tempest is a raging storm of notes. Think rock 'n roll barrage of beat. There are bell assignments for 6 or 12 ringers.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1116

UPC: 765844001964.

The composer states: Play-school, a contrived title for a really serious piece of music, is composed upon a 12-tone row. The interest lies not only in the unusual melodic terrain but in the rhythmic undulation as well.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1098

UPC: 765844004682.

Written for the composer's parents 60th wedding anniversary, this original composition-marked rubato-is tender with romantic harmonies and use of alternate ossia measures for ornamentation. The music focuses in on the pure, rung sound of bells with only the LV technique being employed.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1092

UPC: 765844005139.

The publisher of this original work describes it as thus: A flowing, pastoral scene in 6/8. John Steinbeck meets J.R.R.Tolkien. The 6/8 rhythms combine eighths and sixteenths in dotted patterns. Good counting of 16th note passages is a must. The music is very desciptive and lends itself well to interpretation.