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All Day Long - This arrangement uses a traditional tune as the source and is a statement plus 4 variations. It is rhythmically easy.
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Comp:
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Arr:
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Page, A. L.
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Octaves:
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3
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Level: | 3
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Rating:
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Easy
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All Hail King Jesus - A fanfare introduces this arrangement of Dave Moody's contemporary Christian praise chorus.
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Comp:
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Moody, J.
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Arr:
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Ingram, B.
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Octaves:
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3-5
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Level: | 3
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Rating:
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Medium
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All Is Well - A quiet and peaceful selection with an optional flute part. Perform year round by omitting the flute since only it contains fragments of "Silent Night."
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Comp:
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Smith, M.
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Arr:
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Christopher, K.
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Octaves:
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3
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Level: | 2+
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Rating:
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Easy Medium
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All My Heart This Night Rejoices - An optional narrator quoting the word of this hymn tune by Johann Georg Ebeling enhances the music of the Christmas hymn.
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Comp:
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Ebeling, J.
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Arr:
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McChesney, K.
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Octaves:
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3
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Level: | 2+
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Rating:
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Easy Medium
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All Night All Day - Convincing with 2 or 3 octaves, this is a creative, rhythmic arrangement of the spiritual in which the rhythm is emphasized with the use of the plucking technique.
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Comp:
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Arr:
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Morris, H.
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Octaves:
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2-3
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Level: | 3
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Rating:
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Easy Medium
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Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 1 - The Alpha Series is for 2-3 octave choirs and written to appeal to children through senior adult; it contains easy chordal arrangements.
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Comp:
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Various
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Arr:
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Waldrop, T.
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Octaves:
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2-3
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Level: | 2
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Rating:
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Easy
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Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 2 - "Easter Song" and "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" are the titles in this small collection.
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Comp:
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Various
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Arr:
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Ingram, B.
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Octaves:
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2-3
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Level: | 1+
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Rating:
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Easy
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Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 3 - "Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella" and "Good King Wenceslas" are separately arranged in volume three of the "Alpha" series. This collection/suite is ideal for the beginning group.
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Comp:
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Various
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Arr:
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Waldrop, T./Ingram, B.
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Octaves:
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2-3
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Level: | 1+
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Rating:
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Easy
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Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 4 - This is number 4 in this series designed as accessible music for 2-3 octave choirs and appealing to a wide age range. It contains 2 spirituals: "Lord I Want to Be a Christian" and "Go Down Moses."
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Comp:
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Arr:
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Ingram, B.
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Octaves:
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2-3
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Level: | 2
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Rating:
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Easy
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Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 5 - The "Alpha Series" is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This 5th volume contains: "Morning Has Broken" and "It is Well With My Soul."
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Comp:
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Various
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Arr:
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Waldrop, T.
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Octaves:
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2-3
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Level: | 2
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Rating:
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Easy
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Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 6 - The "Alpha Series" is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This version contains "O How He Loves You and Me" and "I Love Thee".
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Comp:
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Various
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Arr:
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Braman, B.
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Octaves:
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2-3
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Level: | 2
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Rating:
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Easy
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Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 7 - The "Alpha Series" is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This version contains: "Let Us Break Bread Together and Peace Like a River".
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Comp:
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Various
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Arr:
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Ingram, B./Hendricks
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Octaves:
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2-3
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Level: | 2
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Rating:
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Easy
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Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 8 - The "Alpha Series" is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This version on grace contains "Grace Greater Than Our Sin" and "Amazing Grace".
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Comp:
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Various
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Arr:
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Jones
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Octaves:
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2-3
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Level: | 2
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Rating:
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Easy
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Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 9 - The "Alpha Series" is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This joyous version contains: "Joyful Canticle" and "Hymn to Joy."
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Comp:
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Various
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Arr:
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McChesney, K.
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Octaves:
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2-3
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Level: | 2
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Rating:
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Easy
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Amazing Grace - Thirteen bells ranging from D5 - G6 are scored in this solo version of the early American melody. Performance instructions are written right into the score.
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Comp:
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Arr:
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Rogers, S.
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Octaves:
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2
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Level: | N/A
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Rating:
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Medium
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Amen - Hart Morris has "done it again!" He packs his traditional bouncy beat and fun techniques into this favorite spiritual. The optional rhythm section includes parts for bongos, sandblocks, triangle and handclaps.
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Comp:
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Arr:
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Morris, H.
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Octaves:
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3-5
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Level: | 4
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Rating:
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Med Adv
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Angels We Have Heard on High - Here is a golden opportunity to use 2 choirs, a 2 octave group and a 3-4 octave group. Use chimes and bells or 2 bell choirs.
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Comp:
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Arr:
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Ingram, B.
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Octaves:
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2-4
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Level: | 2
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Rating:
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Easy Medium
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Angels We Have Heard On High - Bagpipers and field drummers show up (figuratively speaking) in this arrangement of the favorite French carol. Grace notes played as martellatos give the effect of being in the Scottish highlands, while drum-like staccato rhythms punctuate the piece.
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Comp:
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French Carol
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Arr:
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Lamb, Linda
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Octaves:
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3
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Level: | 2
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Rating:
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Easy Medium
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Ascension - Handbells and Piano combine in this original work written in memory of one who "was devoted to the Risen Saviour, Jesus Christ."
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Comp:
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McChesney, Kevin
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Arr:
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Octaves:
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3-5
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Level: | 3
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Rating:
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Medium
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As the Deer - Here's a set-up you don't see often, an arrangement JUST for three octaves with no parentheses! The favorite praise chorus is set in fast four, making good use of all the bells in the three octave range. The melody appears in upper and lower registers.
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Comp:
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Nystrom, M.
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Arr:
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Littleton, R.
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Octaves:
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3
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Level: | 1+
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Rating:
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Easy
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At Calvary - Nine measures of straightforward ringing introduce Jefferey Hall's arrangement of D.B. Tower's original gospel hymn. But hang on! In measure 10, the piece takes off for a bouncy ride!
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Comp:
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Tower, D.B.
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Arr:
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Hall, Jefferey A.
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Octaves:
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4-6
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Level: | 3
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Rating:
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Medium
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At the Cross - Good attention to the varying tempos, tenutos, and fermatas will help strengthen the musicality of this setting of Ralph Hudson's gospel hymn.
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Comp:
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Hudson, Ralph E.
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Arr:
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Lamb, Linda R.
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Octaves:
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3-5
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Level: | 3
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Rating:
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Medium
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Awake My Soul - Psalms 108 begins - "My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing praises, even with my soul" and it is on this and following verses that this original composition is based.
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Comp:
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McChesney, K.
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Arr:
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Octaves:
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2-6
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Level: | 3
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Rating:
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Medium
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Away in a Manger - Ideal for the beginning or less experienced handbell choir, this is a very easy, quiet arrangement of the familiar favorite Christmas tune.
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Comp:
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Murray
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Arr:
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Waldrop, T.
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Octaves:
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2-3
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Level: | 1
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Rating:
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Easy
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Away In A Manger - A dreamy, lullaby mood is created in the second section of this traditional carol arrangement by the use of mallets on suspended high-treble bells.
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Comp:
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Traditional
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Arr:
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Roth, Karen
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Octaves:
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3-5
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Level: | 2
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Rating:
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Easy Medium
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