We have a song of victory to share with you for Holy Week. The Graceful Lily is a song about how the Easter lily symbolizes the Resurrection. It’s for unison voices, so it’ll be easy for your choir to sing. The accompaniment, however, is more than a bit challenging… but that’s why we’ve made the …
Category: Easter
Feb 25
This Joyful Eastertide (VREUCHTEN) – for eight handbells
Here’s a triumphant hymn for Easter Sunday (and all year round!) from the seventeenth century. You’ll enjoy playing our eight-bell arrangement to celebrate the Resurrection! This joyful Eastertide, away with sin and sorrow! My Love, the Crucified, has sprung to life this morrow: Had Christ, who once was slain, not burst His three-day prison, our …
Feb 08
Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise (LLANFAIR) – for six handbells and piano
Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise (hymn tune: LLANFAIR) is a hymn of rejoicing over the resurrection of Christ and how our eternity relies on Him. Our new arrangement for six handbells and piano will add a special, glorious touch to your Easter service! Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia! to His …
Feb 05
We have practice MP3s!
We have practice MP3s for most of our unaccompanied small-ensemble handbell scores (up to sixteen bells). For a small cost, you get a piano-plus-click-track audio version of the score. This provides a way for your group to hear what they’re playing with a guiding metronome. For our “dual-range” scores, there are separate practice MP3s for …
Jan 14
Lift High the Cross (CRUCIFER) – eight handbells and piano
Lift High the Cross undoubtedly is most sung in churches at Easter (and maybe on through Pentecost), but the message of salvation through Christ rings true the whole year round. This arrangement, for eight handbells and piano, will be a welcome addition to your repertoire. Refrain: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim …
Jan 05
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (HAMBURG) – for six accompanied handbells
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross is, perhaps, one of the most profound hymns of all time. Its lyrics convey the message of salvation in Jesus Christ with an unmatched economy of words: When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss And pour …
Dec 24
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Choraegus
The snow started falling this morning at our place. Millions of tiny bits of ice surround us, and we’re safe and warm inside. Shoveling awaits… It’s the end of 2020, and as we’ve had a fairly wild December, we’ve decided to take a break from our rather manic two-a-week publication pace and get a little …
Oct 22
Now the Green Blade Riseth/Sing We Now of Christmas (NOEL NOUVELET) – for six handbells and piano
Here’s a brand new earworm for you – it’s the French tune NOEL NOUVELET in 7/8 meter. There are two hymn titles associated with the melody (Sing We Now of Christmas and Now the Green Blade Riseth), so you can play this two times each year! Now the green blade rises from the buried grain, …
Oct 07
“Dual-Range”™ Eight-Bell Music!
We’ve been hearing about how some ringers out there have wondered why our eight-bell music was written in the range G5-G6. The main issue that came up was that playing those pieces as a quartet would result in “nontraditional” ringing assignments (say, G5/A5 rather than A5/B5). Why not, say, write using F5-F6? The reason is …
Mar 26
Go to Dark Gethsemane – for eight handbells
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! This is one of our easier “standard” arrangements, and we know it will be a welcome addition to your small ensemble repertoire …