Frequently Asked Questions
MUSIC FOR HANDBELLS AND INSTRUMENTS
OVERTONES -- November-December, 1974Compiled by Albert J. Zabel, Jr.
It is doubtful whether any of these selections or compilations are still available for sale, unless on a dusty shelf of your favorite retailer. However, as popular as they were in their day, single copies may be available from some of the "old timers" and you may get permission to duplicate by contacting the publishers.
ALLEN, LANNY:"Away In a Manger" for bells, organ, two flutes and trumpet. Broadman #451-278.
"Bells, Brass, Strings and Things" Broadman #4574-13.(Collection)
"Angels We Have Heard On High" for bells, clarinet, flute, oboe, piano or organ.
"Bell Fanfare" for bells and French horn.
"Jesus Loves Me" for bells, flute and guitar.
"O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus" for bells, clarinet, guitar or piano.
"God, the Lord, a King Remaineth" for bells, trombone, trumpet and organ.
"Medley for Bells and Flutes" for bells and two flutes. Broadman."Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" and "O Sacred Head Now Wounded".
"Ring the Good News" Broadman #4574-17."Jesus Saves" (arr. from Kirkpatrick) for bells and organ, piano or guitar.
"Invitation" (Southern Folk Melody) for bells and organ.
BARTLETT, ALICE:"Together We Ring and Sing" Flammer #4632.
"Song of the Lute" (Chinese) for bells and flute.
BURROUGHS, BOB:
"Broadman Handbell Collection, Vol. 1" Broadman #451-248."He is Born" (French) for bells and violin, flute or oboe.
"Praise Him With Bells" Beacon Hill Music."All Things Bright and Beautiful" (arr. From Spohr) for bells and flute.
"Away In a Manger" (arr. from Murray) for bells and two flutes.
"Eternal Father, Strong to Save" (arr. from Dykes) for bells and trumpet.
"Gloria in Excelsis Deo" (French) for bells and flute.
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for bells, narration and trumpet.
COUPER, ALINDA:"Easter Prelude" for bells and organ. J. Fischer (Bell win) #9205.
"Fantasie on Christmas Carols" for bells and organ. Sacred Music Press (Lorenz).
"Organ Loft and Belfry" for bells and organ. Flammer #4203.
"Now Thank We All Our God (arr. from Bach)"Pastorale" for bells and organ. J. Fischer (Belwin) #9109.
"Nocturne"
"Tower Bells"
"Andante - Sonata #6 (arr. from Mendelssohn)
"Largo" from "Xerxes" (arr. from Handel)
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (arr. Bach)
"How Brightly Shines the Morning Star" (arr. from Buxtehude)
"In Dulci Jubilo" (arr. from Buxtehude)
"If Thou Wert Near, Lord" (arr. from Bach)
"Rise Now, My Heart, with Gladness (arr. From Cruger)
"Passacaglia"
"Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (arr. from Purcell)-with optional flute, violin or trumpet."Three Bell Preludes" for organ and optional bells. J. Fischer (Belwin) #8804.
"Cloister Colonnades"
"Spires through the Trees"
"Matin Devotions"
JOHE, EDWARD:"Seventeen Hymn & Folk Tune Preludes" Flammer #4706.
"Prelude" - Musical Clocks (arr. from Handel) for bells, flute, oboe, and organ.
"Wake up, Oh Shepherds" (Austrian) for bells, recorder, cello, voices (optional?).
"In the Dark of the Night" (German) with optional clarinet.
"Mary's Child They See" (English) with optional cello.
"In an Old Wooden Stable" with flute and voices (optional?).
KETTRING, DONALD D.:"Odds and Ends for Bells" Broadman #4574-14.
"Thingamabob" for bells, triangle, and melode bells.
"Roundabout" for two bell choirs or one bell choir and keyboard.
"Thistledown" for two bell choirs or one bell choir and keyboard.
"Miniature Suite" for bell choir and organ.
LORENZ, ELLEN J.:"Nocturne" for bells and flute. AGEHR #4002.
McLAUGHLIN, MARIAN:
"A Carol for the Christ Child" J. Fischer (Belwin) #9342. For organ or bells or organ and bells.
MILLER, THOMAS:
"Meditation" for organ and bells. Choristers Guild #B3.
RUNKLE, HELEN:
"Two Early 18th Century Dances" for bells and alto recorder. H. W. Gray Handbell Series #4 (Belwin).
"Festival Dance" (arr. from Dandrieu)RUSSELL, ALEXANDER:
"Tambourin" (arr. from Rameau)"The Bells of St. Anne de Beaupre" from "St. Lawrence Sketches" J. Fischer (Belwin) #501 1. For organ and optional bells.
STUART, ROBERT & IRENE:
"Concert Classics" Belwin #EL 2083.
"Jingle Bells" (Pierpont) for bells with sleigh bells and whip.
"Ring Out, U.S.A." (medley) for bells with snare drum and fife in C.
WATSON, DORIS:"Ringing Praises: Christmas" (Book of Handbell Music, Set 11) H. W. Gray (Belwin).
"Paraphrase on 'Nun Danket Alle Gott' " for bells and organ.WHITTLESEY, F. F. AND BAKER, P. E.:
"Alle Trinita" (arr. from C. Dickinson) for bells and organ."The Joy of Bells and Organ" for bells and organ. Broadman - organ part #451-264; bell parts #451262.
"Air" from "Water Music" (arr. from Handel)
"If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee" (arr. from Bach)
"In Dulci Jubilo" (arr. from Bach)
"St. Anthony Chorale" (arr. from Haydn and Brahms)
"Praise to the Lord" (arr. from Bach)
WOOD, DALE:"Air and Dance" Sacred Songs, Waco, Texas. May be performed by any of the following combinations: piano and organ; harp and organ; piano, organ and handbells; harp, organ and handbells.
"American Folk Hymn Suite" for bells, organ and harp. (Keyboard - piano, celesta, or harpsichord - may be substituted for harp.) Flammer. 2 scores and 6 bells parts #HL 5021; extra scores #HL 5022; Bell parts #HL 5023.
"I Love Thee""Pastoral on Forest Green" for bells, organ and optional recorder or flute. Flammer #HL-5020.
"Beach Spring"
"Happy Land"
"Pisgah"ZABEL, ALBERT:
"All Glory Laud and Honor" for bells and organ. Flammer: Full score #HL-5017, Bell parts #HL-5016.
"All Glory Laud and Honor" (St. Theodulph)
"Praise to the Lord" (Lobe den Herren)
"Quodlibet: 'All My Heart This Night Rejoices' with 'Good Christian Men, Rejoice"' (Warum sollt Ich and In Dulci Jubilo)
"From All that Dwell" (Lasst uns erfreuen)
"Ah, Holy Jesus" (Herzliebster Jesu)
"Dialogue" for two bell choirs and tambourine or one bell choir, solo instrument (treble) and tambourine. Choristers Guild #B-6."Miniature" for bells with oboe, flute or clarinet. Choristers Guild -#B-10.
"Pastorale" for bells and flute. To be published by McAfee Music Co. (Lorenz).
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