CHISTMAS MUSIC from ed iver Music Summer/Fall 2011
Christmas Music from ed iver Music TitleArrangerOctaves LevelPages 1 Fanfare for ChristmasPage 3-533-4 2 In the Bleak MidwinterSherman 2-3 or 3-525-6 3 As with GladnessMorris 326-7 4 Infant Holy, Infant LowlyMcKlveen 3-638-9 5 Joy of ChristmasJoy 3-5 or 64-10-12 6 O Come Little ChildrenMorris 3-52 13 7 Catalonian CarolSherman 3-6414-15 8 Bring a Torch, Jeanette, IsaellaSmith 3-5316-17 9 Noels inging, Tidings BringingMorris 3-53-18-20 10 Hark! the Herald Angels SingEdwards 3 or 5321-22 11 O Come Let Us Adore HimSherman 2-3 or 3-5223-24 12 Silent NightEithun 3-5324-25 13 Blue ChristmasMorris 5-6426-27 2 1-800-JHS-BELL Toll-Free 8am-7pm est Mon-Fri Fax Your Order Anytime to 803-781-3020
Fanfare for Christmas Anna Laura Page Eight optional handchimes ranging from G5-G6, organ, and rass, comine with 3-5 octaves of handells in this medley of the carols Joy to the World, There s a Star in the East, and O Come All Ye Faithful The piece egins with a old and right fanfare efore relaxing into a somewhat free section with the handchimes carrying the melody A full texture returns for the final section and ig ending Brass ensemle consists of 2 Trumpets, French Horn, Tromone, and Tua 3-5 octaves/opt handchimes Level 3 BL5021 Handell Part $295 BP5021 Brass Parts $2000 FS5021 Full/Organ Score $795 2 BL5021 3 4 BL5021 BL5021 wwwhandellworldcom email: support@jhsellcom 1-800-JHS-BELL 3
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2 In the Bleak Midwinter Arnold Sherman Su-titled A Setting, this 82 measure work scores 3 optional handchimes F6, B6 and D6, along with mallets on suspended ells and the echo technique to achieve an ethereal and gentle mood The music is ased on the traditional carols In the Bleak Midwinter and He is Born 2-3 octaves /opt handchimes Level 2 HB0036A $295 4-5 octaves/opt handchimes Level 2 HB0036B $395 HB0036B 3 4 HB0036B HB0036B wwwhandellworldcom email: support@jhsellcom 1-800-JHS-BELL 5
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As with Gladness Hart Morris Conrad Kocher s hymn As with Gladness Men of Old gets a fresh treatment in this setting y energetic arranger Hart Morris The accompaniment features syncopation and off-eat accents in contrast to the straight rendering of the tune 54 measures in length, it is written for a FULL three octaves in C Major 3 octaves Level 2 HB0065 $350 Pages of music omitted wwwhandellworldcom email: support@jhsellcom 1-800-JHS-BELL 7
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Paul McKlveen Paul McKlveen s clever and fresh arrangement sets this popular carol in a gently flowing style that is sure to please ringer and listener alike Scored for three, four, five, or six octaves of handells with 2 octaves optional handchimes, this arrangement is written in F Major, C Major, and E Major 3-6 octaves/opt handchimes Level 3 BL5045 $450 2 3-6 Octaves Handells Used: 35 [41] [55] [59] 8 9 8 9 3 Freely q k = ca 60 p Infant Holy, Infant Lowly optional # 1 U 2 Octaves Handchimes Used: 8 U optional # D7, E7, F7 and G7 not used in 4 oct version U 4 U # 2 U U In strict tempo q k = ca 76 5 ΠF through measure 8 2009 ed iver Music, Inc, Tyler, TX 75703 wwwredrivermusiccom All rights reserved Warning: it is illegal to copy this work without permission THE CCLI LICENSE DOES NOT COVE HANDBELL MUSIC W ZLOBIE LEZY Arranged y PAUL A McKEEN 6 7 Π8 Π9 10 ΠΠ11 ΠΠΠΠ12 13 14 ΠΠ15 Π16 17 3 BL5045 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly 19 18 20 4 21 cresc poco a poco 25 24 decresc F 27 n n n BL5045 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly 22 f 28 n n n Π23 26 29 n n 8 1-800-JHS-BELL Toll-Free 8am-7pm est Mon-Fri Fax Your Order Anytime to 803-781-3020
30 31 32 5 O 33 34 35 # N n # n # n 36 Ȯ 39 Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ 37 40 Œ Œ 38 Œ 41 6 42 Œ Œ O Œ 45 43 ** 48 44 O 46 Œ 51 * 49 * Œ 52 *Five and six octave choirs doule all top notes an octave higher under the rackets ** all trele clef notes only in measures 48-51 2 47 50 Œ 53 2 BL5045 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly BL5045 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly 54 57 60 2 55 n n n 63 n * 58 61 64 59 *Five and six octave choirs doule all top notes an octave higher under the rackets n n 56 2 62 U 65 " P n U n " 7 BL5045 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly 8 66 n 69 n 67 68 Œ Œ Œ p * 70 71 Œ Œ Œ 72 F 76 all to the end BL5045 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly 77 73 U U q k = ca 60 74 p Œ Œ 75 Slowly q k = ca 40 78 79 π *Five and six octave choirs doule all stems up trele clef notes an octave higher in measures 68-70 and the top notes in measures 71-76 wwwhandellworldcom email: support@jhsellcom 1-800-JHS-BELL 9
Joy of Christmas Michael Joy On the surface, this is a medley of Joy to the World and How Great Our Joy However, in addition to these two main carols, the inspiration for the opening fanfare, the interludes, and the coda comes from other carols whose texts use the word joy The ending is a rousing musical statement that personifies the phrase joyful and triumphant 3-5 octaves/opt handchimes Level 4- BL5046 $495 G5014 6 octave version $595 2 The Joy of Christmas On the surface, THE JOY OF CHISTMAS is an arrangement of two traditional Christmas carols, Joy to the World and How Great Our Joy It is actually a musical portrait of the joy surrounding the irth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ In addition to the two main carols, the inspiration for the opening fanfare, the interludes etween the carols and the coda comes from other carols whose texts use the word "joy" In the opening fanfare one can hear strains of "O come, all ye faithful," "let heaven and nature sing," and "joyful and triumphant" The interlude following the first verse of Joy to the World uses the melodic ideas from "O come, all ye faithful" and "Joyful all ye nations rise" while inviting us to join the angels in proclaiming the joy and glory of Christ's irth The music after How Great Our Joy was inspired y the words "let heaven and nature sing," "How great our joy," "Joyful and triumphant" and "O tidings of comfort and joy" After the return of Joy to the World, the melodic fragment "O tidings of comfort and joy" serves as a ridge to the coda which is ased on the opening fanfare This setting concludes with a rousing musical statement that recalls the words "joyful and triumphant" Michael Joy MICHAEL JOY lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has een directing handell choirs since 1978 He studied handells with Donald Allured at Westminster Choir College and handell composition with Arnold Sherman at Concordia University Wisconsin Michael has een teaching music in Philadelphia area independent schools since 1983 He is currently the Middle School Music Teacher at The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania where he has fifteen different handell groups For the past twenty-nine years he has een the Music Director at First Presyterian Church in Amler, Pennsylvania Michael has also taught at Villanova University, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District Workshops, American Guild of English Handell ingers Area II and Area III Festivals and at Handell Exploration in Hershey, Pennsylvania He is a ringer and the Composer-in-esidence for the Philadelphia Handell Ensemle An active memer of the American Guild of English Handell ingers, Michael is serving his second term as Secretary for Area II Handells used: 34 [45] [56] # optional optional Three octave choirs omit notes in ; three and four octave choirs omit notes in With majesty q = 84-88 4 2 ƒ 4 2 1 To the Philadelphia Handell Ensemle, Kermit Junkert, Artistic Director The Joy of Christmas # Handchimes used: 18 * 2 Œ Based on ANTIOCH and HOW GEAT OU JOY with quotations from other traditional Christmas carols Setting y MICHAEL JOY 3 *Five octave choirs doule all stems-up trele clef notes an octave higher under the rackets in measures 2-22 2004 ed iver Music, Inc, Tyler, TX 75703 International Copyright Secured All ights eserved Warning: it is illegal to copy this work without permission 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 4 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 ~~~ 10 ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ 15 ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ 20 ~~~ 7 11 Œ 16 ~~~~~~ 12 ~~~~~~ 17 BL5046 The Joy of Christmas 21 rit 22 8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ 13 18 Œ 9 19 ~~~~~~~~~~~ 14 Brightly q = 92-96 dim 23 f Œ r 10 1-800-JHS-BELL Toll-Free 8am-7pm est Mon-Fri Fax Your Order Anytime to 803-781-3020
24 28 32 25 29 33 37 36 26 O O O 30 O 34 27 31 35 38 r 39 5 BL5046 The Joy of Christmas 6 40 44 Tempo I 48 41 Slower 45 Œ 49 ƒ 53 BL5046 The Joy of Christmas 54 42 46 50 * 55 47 43 O rit 51 O 56 *Five octave choirs doule all stems-up trele clef notes an octave higher under the rackets in measures 55-63 52 57 58 62 Joyfully q = 112-116 66 1 2 71 1 2 59 63 67 72 1 2 1 2 68 f 73 60 Œ 64 1 2 accel 69 74 61 65 1 2 70 75 7 BL5046 The Joy of Christmas 8 76 1 2 81 86 f ƒ Broader * 91 BL5046 The Joy of Christmas 77 82 92 Œ * 1 2 f 87 n n 93 n n n 78 83 n n Pl 88 n n 1 2 94 79 F 84 89 1 2 1 2 n n 95 n n n F n 80 85 90 1 2 *Five octave choirs doule all stems-up trele clef notes an octave higher under the rackets in measures 77-79 and 91-98 1 2 96 1 2 wwwhandellworldcom email: support@jhsellcom 1-800-JHS-BELL 11
Slightly Faster q = ca112 97 dim 102 F 107 * 112 Ó 98 103 108 113 F 99 104 Ó 114 109 Ó 115 * f 100 * 105 f 110 116 n n n n n n n 101 106 111 n n n n *Five octave choirs doule all stems-up trele clef notes an octave higher under the rackets in measures 100-102, 105-106 and 112-122 9 BL5046 The Joy of Christmas 10 117 Œ 118 poco rit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ten 119 ten With grandeur and great joy! q = 72-76 123 124 125 128 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 129 130 Ó Slower 120 121 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 133 134 135 131 126 molto rit 136 Œ ** 127 Œ 122 132 *Three octave choirs should omit the D4 in measures 123-127, 136, 138 and 144 **Five octave choirs doule all stems-up trele clef notes an octave higher under the rackets in measures 127-141 BL5046 The Joy of Christmas Œ 137 138 143 148 2 * f 139 140 144 Œ Œ 153 149 ~~~~~~~~~~ Œ 154 # # 141 145 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 150 ten 155 146 Œ 151 n n 2 *Five octave choirs doule all stems-up trele clef notes an octave higher through the end of the piece measure 176 ten Faster q = 84-88 156 142 147 2 Œ 152 157 11 BL5046 The Joy of Christmas 12 163 158 159 Œ 168 172 Still faster q = ca 92 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ƒ accel With excitement! q = ca 100 BL5046 The Joy of Christmas 160 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ 165 161 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 166 162 167 ~~~~ 164 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 169 173 170 174 ten 175 ten 171 molto rit U 176 U 12 1-800-JHS-BELL Toll-Free 8am-7pm est Mon-Fri Fax Your Order Anytime to 803-781-3020
O Come Little Children Hart Morris Like a piper calling the children to follow and a drum marking the cadence of their feet, the optional flute and drum add to the story of this sweet Christmas carol This level two setting is very accessile and shows the versatility of Hart Morris s arranging skills Instrument part included on the last two pages 3-5 octaves/opt flute C instrument/ opt percussion Level 2 HB0047 $295 Pages of music omitted wwwhandellworldcom email: support@jhsellcom 1-800-JHS-BELL 13
Catalonian Carol Arnold Sherman Arnold Sherman s lively arrangement of the Catalonian Carol was originally written for the ed iver Music Solo Collection S4001 and has een expanded for 3, 4, 5 or 6 octaves of handells This was commissioned y the Houston Bronze Ensemle, Houston, Texas, and is a worthy challenge for most advanced groups 3-6 octaves/opt tamourine Level 4 HB0052 $450 14 1-800-JHS-BELL Toll-Free 8am-7pm est Mon-Fri Fax Your Order Anytime to 803-781-3020
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Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isaella James C Smith Beginning in 6/4 time with martellato and staccato technique galore, this setting of the traditional French carol hints at the arranger s upeat personality ingers will enjoy the melody in octaves as well as all the special techniques throughout the accompaniment 3-5 octaves Level 3 BL5020 $350 16 1-800-JHS-BELL Toll-Free 8am-7pm est Mon-Fri Fax Your Order Anytime to 803-781-3020
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Noels inging, Tidings Bringing Hart Morris This medley of The Snow Lay on the Ground, He Is Born, Sing We Now of Christmas, and Infant Holy, Infant Lowly is filled with special techniques that make these French carols come alive Eight optional handchimes contriute to the joyful 151 measures 3-5 octaves/opt handchimes Level 3- HB0059 $450 18 1-800-JHS-BELL Toll-Free 8am-7pm est Mon-Fri Fax Your Order Anytime to 803-781-3020
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Dan Edwards This vivacious setting of one of an old Christmas favorites keeps all ringers usy with full, rung chords Syncopation adds a twist, ut the pattern is repetitive, therey making it easier to learn Multiple techniques and a rass ensemle add extra excitement Handell Part 3 or 5 octaves Level 3 BL5035 $450 BP5035 Brass Parts Trumpet, Tromone, Tua $2000 FS5035 Full Score $795 wwwhandellworldcom email: support@jhsellcom 1-800-JHS-BELL 21
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3 O Come Let Us Adore Him Arnold Sherman This simple ut interesting arrangement is ased on ADESTE FIDELES and W ZLOBIE LEZY The texture is chordal until measure thirty-two where an alternating, quarter-note pattern is set up in the accompaniment Periodically mallets on suspended ells are called for The final section is full of shakes and ends ig 2-3 octaves Level 2 HB0016A $350 3-5 octaves Level 2 HB0016B $395 HB0016B 4 5 HB0016B HB0016B wwwhandellworldcom email: support@jhsellcom 1-800-JHS-BELL 23
6 7 HB0016B HB0016B 3 Silent Night Sandra Eithun This setting of the classic Christmas carol includes optional keyoard, handchimes and a narrator Descried as lingering, the piece presents a thoughtful interpretation Pay extra special attention to accidentals lots of them! An optional repeat is also included Handell Part 3-5 octaves/opt handchimes/narrator Level 3 BL5038 $395 FS5038 Full Score/Piano Part $795 BL5038 24 1-800-JHS-BELL Toll-Free 8am-7pm est Mon-Fri Fax Your Order Anytime to 803-781-3020
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Blue Christmas Hart Morris Elvis and handells come together in this sparkling and challenging arrangement of The King s seasonal favorite The piece includes lots of chromatics, lots of swing rhythms, and is lots of fun to work out Audiences will e humming along with the familiar melody, making this the perfect showcase piece for your Christmas concert 5-6 octaves Level 4 G0007 $495 2 3 G0007-2 G0007-3 26 1-800-JHS-BELL Toll-Free 8am-7pm est Mon-Fri Fax Your Order Anytime to 803-781-3020
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