Oct 27 2008

Handbell Repertoire for the Church Posted 4 years 236 days ago ago by Creator Staff     0 Comments

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Handbell Repertoire for the Church

Here are two lists, from 1996---Creator's Year of Repertoire--of handbell repertoire for the church compiled by the Creator Editorial Board.

Selected Favorite Handbell Literature from Creator's Editorial Board in 1996

Selected Favorite Handbell Music for Christmas

Adeste Fideles (John Wade/Cynthia Dobrinski) Agape #1449
And the Glory of the Lord (Handel/Kevin McChesney) Agape #1607
A Carol for All Seasons (3-5 octaves) (Price) Agape #1272
Christmas Lullaby (Kevin McChesney) Jeffers #1435
Five by Five for Christmas (Douglas E. Wagner) Agape #1435
Good King Winceslas (3-5 octaves) (Morris) Hope #12412
Silent Night (3-5 octaves) (Sherman) Agape #1586
We Three Kings (3-5 octaves) (Cynthia Dobrinski) Agape #1390
What Child Is This? (3-5 octaves) (Cheok) Lorenz #LC201061L
What Child Is This? (D. Linda McKechnie) Composers Music Co #0551

Selected Favorite Handbell Music

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken (Linda McKechnie) Flammer
Aria (Cynthia Dobrinski) Agape ~ 2 oct.
Festival Piece on “Coronation” (Oliver Holden/Douglas E. Wagner) Beckenhorst #HB64
Jesus Loves Me (Bradbury/Fred Bock) Fred Bock Music #BG0779
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (Hart Morris) Word #301-4039-314
Five by Five (Douglas E. Wagner) Agape #1387
Songs for the Solo Ringer (Christine D. Anderson & Daniel Kiemlich) Agape #1245

The lists above reflect the "state of the church" in 1996. What good is this list? How do you figure out what might serve your ministry when you don't recognize a title? Here are two sure ways to answer those questions: First, if you recognize a composer's name, and don't know the tune, you can expect that Creator's Editorial Board found this to be one of that composer's "lasting" works--something worthwhile to purchase. Second (and this may be hard for music/worship ministry newbies to accept/relate to), a printed copy of this list shown (or faxed, or emailed) to a knowledgable person at your your full service music supplier (two of our favorites are Pine Lake Music and Music Mart) will elicit, at the very least, an informed current opinion, if not the ability to track down the current publisher of these pieces when the publisher has been acquired by another company. Try these pieces...we think you'll be glad you did.
 

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