Eight-Bell Classical
List of Classical Scores for Eight Handbells
Here’s a quick compilation of our classical scores for eight handbells. Each title is a link to the corresponding webpage. TITLE HYMN TUNE Standard “Surprisingly Easy”™ Accompaniment available Bach – Arioso x Bach – Sheep May Safely Graze x Beethoven – Ode to Joy x Charpentier – Prelude from “Te Deum” x Chopsticks x Elgar …
Bach – Arioso
Here’s a J.S. Bach piece that’s been a wedding favorite for centuries! Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: $ US Standard Version: $ US Purchasing this 8-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to four copies for your handbell group (plus the accompaniment …
Bach – Sheep May Safely Graze
Sheep May Safely Graze is a peaceful (yes, “pastoral”) Bach piece that speaks of quietude and assurance. It’s been in church services and weddings for quite a long time. Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: $ US Purchasing this 8-bell arrangement gives you permission to print …
Beethoven – Ode to Joy
Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. He was an amazing composer, creating wonderful music during his later years even though he had gone deaf. One of his best known symphonic melodies in the choral world is the “Ode to Joy” from his final symphony, the tune for the hymn Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee. Joyful, joyful, we …
Charpentier – Prelude from “Te Deum”
The prelude from Charpentier’s Te Deum fits nicely into just eight bells! Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: $ US Purchasing this 8-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to four copies for your handbell group (plus the accompaniment score, if part of …
Chopsticks
There’s a famous story about how a little boy found his way onto the great Ignacy Paderewski’s piano bench before a concert, and, oblivious to the audience, began playing Euphemia Allen’s world-famous 1877 hit Chopsticks. The ticket-holders in the seats were shocked, and angrily wanted the child removed. Paderewski, however, walked up behind the bench …
Elgar – Land of Hope and Glory
Also to known by the title Pomp and Circumstance, this famous Elgar processional provides the musical backdrop for many ceremonies and celebrations. Here’s our “surprisingly easy” eight-bell arrangement. Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still, and wider, shall thy bounds be …
Franck – Panis Angelicus
Here’s our eight-bell arrangement of Cesar Franck’s famous setting of St. Thomas Aquinas’ words – we think this version would be positively charming at a wedding! Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: $ US Purchasing this 8-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up …
Handel – Air from Water Music Suite in F Major (HWV 348)
G.F. Handel spent some years in England, and at one point wrote music for King George I that was to be played not just at, but on (a barge on) the River Thames. He create three such suites of music, and many of the pieces therefrom are played today frequently. Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: …
Handel – Bourée from Water Music Suite in D Major (HWV 349)
G.F. Handel spent some years in England, and at one point wrote music for King George I that was to be played not just at, but on (a barge on) the River Thames. He create three such suites of music, and many of the pieces therefrom are played today frequently. Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: …
MacDowell – To a Wild Rose
Edward MacDowell was an American composer who wrote many pieces about nature. This one-minute piece is one of his all-time hits, having been played by countless piano students over the last 150 years. Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: $ US Purchasing this 8-bell arrangement gives …
Mouret – Rondeau
Jean-Joseph Mouret wrote this famous piece in the eighteenth century – you might know it as the theme music from “Masterpiece Theater” (uh… “Theatre”). Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: $ US Purchasing this 8-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to four …
Sibelius – Finlandia
Sibelius composed Finlandia as a musical protest against the Russian Empire. The entire work is a majestic presentation that tells the story of the Finnish struggle against tyranny. It’s full of musical pictures of what that part of history was like. Finland, behold, thy daylight now is dawning, the threat of night has now been …
St. Anthony Chorale
Joseph Haydn wrote this chorale in the 18th century. It’s a lovely piece from the Classical period which will work well as a prelude or offertory. Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: $ US Purchasing this 8-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up …
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
We thought it would be fun to see whether something from Tchaikowsky’s Nutcracker could be played with eight bells. Imagine our surprise when we found that eight pieces from his masterpiece worked!
Vivaldi – Allegro (RV 522, First Movement)
If you look through Vivaldi’s compositions, there are quite a few concerti in A minor. One of the most famous of those is identified as “RV 522” – and you’ll probably recognize it when you hear it. Here is our eight-bell adaptation of the Allegro movement from this Baroque masterpiece by the virtuoso violinist known …
Vivaldi – Larghetto (RV 522, Second Movement)
Vivaldi’s music has provided enjoyment to millions and millions of people for the last three hundred years. Here’s our eight-bell arrangement of Larghetto, the second movement of his famous A minor concerto. Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: $ US Purchasing this 8-bell arrangement gives you …
Wagner – Bridal Chorus
Wagner’s Bridal Chorus (aka Here comes the bride) has been a wedding standard for a long, long time. Here it is as one of our eight-bell duets! Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: $ US Purchasing this 8-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain …
