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Pale Blue Dot - Jason Krug's original composition attempts to capture, in melody and harmony, the sentiments of life on what astronomer Carl Sagan famously described as our “Pale Blue Dot”.
Comp:
Krug, Jason W.
Arr:
Octaves:
5-8
Level: 5
Rating:
Advanced
Palms, The - For the solo ringer, this is an arrangement of the favorite "The Palms". Each piece includes a full score and a separate handbell part for the soloist.
Comp:
Faure, G.
Arr:
Haddox, H.
Octaves:
2
Level: NA
Rating:
Easy
Parting - This moving original work was written in memory of the composer's father, who was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Comp:
Werner, B.
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 2+
Rating:
Easy Medium
Part of Your World - Sebastian, Ariel, King Tritan and Ursala, remember them? They're all in the movie, "The Little Mermaid" and it's a certainty that they would like this handbell arrangement of Ariel's solo (well, maybe Ursala wouldn't like it!).
Comp:
Ashman, H./Menken, A.
Arr:
McChesney, K.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Passacaglia - Written for the handbell choir Ring of Fire, this 148-measure original work is full of energy, fire, and rhythmic variations.
Comp:
McChesney, K.
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 4
Rating:
Med Adv
Passages - Written to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Raleigh Ringers and part of its series for advanced ensembles, this original work by William Payn will stand alongside any of his classic works.
Comp:
Payn, William
Arr:
Octaves:
5-7
Level: 5
Rating:
Advanced
Pastores a Belen - Staccato and shake technique creates the Latin style in this arrangement of the traditional folk tune.
Comp:
Traditional
Arr:
Baez, Carlos J. Avila
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 1+
Rating:
Easy
Past Three O'Clock - A traditional English melody, simple percussion instruments (tick tock blocks and triangle), mallets and skillful arranging equal fun and excitement.
Comp:
Arr:
Waugh, T.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy
Pat a Pan - Effectively use your bass bells as the "drum" or use the scored snare drum, triangle and tambourine. Either way this is a fresh and exciting Christmas offering.
Comp:
Arr:
Morris, H.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Pat a Pan - Effectively use your bass bells as the "drum" or use the scored snare drum, triangle and tambourine. Either way this is a fresh and exciting Christmas offering.
Comp:
Arr:
Morris, H.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Pat-a-Pan - It may take a while to conquer all of the sixteenth-note runs found in Kevin McChesney's setting of the popular 18th Century French Carol.
Comp:
Traditional
Arr:
McChesney, Kevin
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Pavane - Kevin McChesney's transcription of Maurice Ravel's composition "Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte" (Dance for a Deceased Child) captures the impressionistic harmonies, flowing musical fabric, and rubato rhythms of the original work.
Comp:
Ravel, Marice
Arr:
McChesney, Kevin
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3+
Rating:
Med Adv
PDQ Bells - With section titles like "Eine Kleine What was that?", "Elise's Furballs", and "Taco Bell's Canon" you've got to know this spoof, patterned after PDQ Bach, is a hodgepodge of a "phony sym-phony".
Comp:
McChesney, K.
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Peace In Our Time - The hymn tune "Diademata" provides the foundation of this arrangement by Peter de Mets.
Comp:
Elvey, George
Arr:
de Mets, Peter
Octaves:
3
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy Medium
Peacherine Rag - Optional wood blocks or claves lend their flavor to this accessible ragtime piece by the famous Scott Joplin. Challenge will come from a repetitious, syncopated rhythm and accidentals.
Comp:
Joplin, S.
Arr:
Rogers, S.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy
People Look East - This advent hymn with a French folk melody is in 6/8 meter and the key of G major. The music is scored in a straightforward manner, helping ringers feel the pulse of the music together.
Comp:
French Folk Melody
Arr:
Roth, Karen
Octaves:
2-3
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy Medium
Pinnacle - Master composer William A. Payn has penned another fascinating work, written for the tenth anniversary of the Raleigh Ringers. The piece begins in hard-driving, 7/8 meter. The texture builds and grows as it moves along and adds layers of sound punctuated by various special techniques. This is definitely a challenge for advanced choirs.
Comp:
Payn, W.
Arr:
Octaves:
5-7
Level: 6
Rating:
Advanced
Pirates of the Caribbean - "Shiver Me Timbers!" It's an arrangement of the movie music from Disney's blockbuster hit, "Pirates of the Caribbean"!
Comp:
Badelt, Klaus
Arr:
McChesney, Kevin
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Pizzicati - String players will recognize the title of this arrangement as meaning more than one "pizzicato" - which is to simply "pluck a string". That transposes into bell literature as lots of staccato techniques (pluck, thumb damp, mallet)and martellatos.
Comp:
Delibes, Leo
Arr:
McChesney, Kevin
Octaves:
3-4
Level: 3-
Rating:
Easy Medium
Plenty Good Room - Hart has done it again! This arrangement is propelled forward with a driving rhythm and the 49 measures end all too soon!
Comp:
Arr:
Morris, H.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Polovetsian Dance No. 1 - Wonderful familiar melody ("Stranger in Paradise"). Use with bells alone or any combination of cello, bass, or harp.
Comp:
Borodin, A.
Arr:
Sherman, A.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Polovetsian Dance No. 1 - Wonderful familiar melody ("Stranger in Paradise"). Use with bells alone or any combination of cello, bass, or harp.
Comp:
Borodin, A.
Arr:
Sherman, A.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Polovetsian Dance No. 1 - Wonderful familiar melody ("Stranger in Paradise"). Use with bells alone or any combination of cello, bass, or harp.
Comp:
Borodin, A.
Arr:
Sherman, A.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Praise and Reflection - Ms. Parrish captivates handbell choirs & audiences with her melodic and rhythmic arrangement.
Comp:
Parrish, M. K.
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 4
Rating:
Medium
Praise His Name! - Increase your solo skills and amaze your audience by playing 6-in-hand! Hymn tunes include: "St. Columba, Redhead, Hamburg, Jesus Saves" and "Rimington."
Comp:
Hymn Tunes
Arr:
Merrett, Fred
Octaves:
3-4
Level: NA
Rating:
N/A
Praise Medley - Ideal for the soloist seeking a medley of hymns with the theme of "praise".
Comp:
Various
Arr:
Downey, E./Downey, G.
Octaves:
4
Level: NA
Rating:
Easy Medium
Praise the Lord - Nick Hanson brings us this energetic arrangement of two familiar hymns of praise, "Praise To The Lord, The Almighty" and "To God Be The Glory". This is accessible music for worship that will lift both hearts and spirits.
Comp:
Hymn Tune
Arr:
Hanson, Nicholas A.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 2+
Rating:
Easy Medium
Praise Ye the Father - This arrangement of the well-known hymn (“Let every heart give thanks!”) is perfect for worship, majestic and with a light classical flavor.
Comp:
Gounod, Charles
Arr:
Roth, Karen
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy Medium
Prayer and Praise - This publication is 2 pieces, played separately or together. "Prayer"is quiet, calm and melodic. "Praise" is more energetic and rhythmic, a good contrast to "Prayer".
Comp:
Herbek, R.
Arr:
Octaves:
2
Level: 4
Rating:
Easy Medium
Prayer for Guidance - This stirring setting of SLANE was created in memory of the arranger's great-grandmother, whose eyes were always focused on the Lord. Challenging in spots, yet very accessible.
Comp:
Various
Arr:
Glasgow, Michael J.
Octaves:
3-6
Level: 3+
Rating:
Medium
Prelude in C# Minor - Rachmaninoff's Opus 3, No. 2 is the subject of this transcription written for the Raleigh Ringers. Chromatic changes and tempo shifts present the biggest challenge to the ringers.
Comp:
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Arr:
Smith, Douglas
Octaves:
5-7
Level: 5
Rating:
Med Adv
Processional Alleluia - Performance notes given read "This piece may be used as a processional since the ringing patterns are repetitious and easy to memorize". Perform using handbells alone or with handchimes, keyboard and/or brass.
Comp:
McChesney, K.
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 1+
Rating:
Easy
Processional Alleluia - Performance notes given read "This piece may be used as a processional since the ringing patterns are repetitious and easy to memorize". Perform using handbells alone or with handchimes, keyboard and/or brass.
Comp:
McChesney, K.
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 1+
Rating:
Easy
Processional Alleluia - Performance notes given read "This piece may be used as a processional since the ringing patterns are repetitious and easy to memorize". Perform using handbells alone or with handchimes, keyboard and/or brass.
Comp:
McChesney, K.
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 1+
Rating:
Easy
Processional on O Come All Ye Faithful - Two optional Bb trumpets open this Christmas setting with an 8-measure fanfare, which is then repeated in the bell score to form the processional pattern.
Comp:
Traditional
Arr:
Eithun, Sandra
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy Medium
Processionals Plus - A creative approach to using bells with hymns and as processionals. Use Bell Tree, Handbell Choir and Organ or a combination thereof.
Comp:
Various
Arr:
McKechnie, Linda
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Easy Medium
Processionals Plus - A creative approach to using bells with hymns and as processionals. Use Bell Tree, Handbell Choir and Organ or a combination thereof.
Comp:
Various
Arr:
McKechnie, Linda
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Easy Medium
Procession of the Nobles - Pull out the kitchen sink, 'coz you're going to need it in this big, bold, and festive trascription of Rimsky-Korsakov's original work from "Mlada". Piano in four hands opens the "Allegro Maestoso" section and builds the energy, adding the brass section on its way to include the bells in measure 12.
Comp:
Rimsky-Korsakov, N.
Arr:
McChesney, K.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3+
Rating:
Medium
Procession of the Nobles - Pull out the kitchen sink, 'coz you're going to need it in this big, bold, and festive trascription of Rimsky-Korsakov's original work from "Mlada". Piano in four hands opens the "Allegro Maestoso" section and builds the energy, adding the brass section on its way to include the bells in measure 12.
Comp:
Rimsky-Korsakov, N.
Arr:
McChesney, K.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3+
Rating:
Medium
Procession of the Nobles - Pull out the kitchen sink, 'coz you're going to need it in this big, bold, and festive trascription of Rimsky-Korsakov's original work from "Mlada". Piano in four hands opens the "Allegro Maestoso" section and builds the energy, adding the brass section on its way to include the bells in measure 12.
Comp:
Rimsky-Korsakov, N.
Arr:
McChesney, K.
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3+
Rating:
Medium
Proclamation - Two words, melodic and chordal, best describe this easy music for 3 to 5 octaves of bells. Ideal for one choir or for massed ringing in a festival.
Comp:
McChesney, K.
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 2
Rating:
Easy
Psalm - Subtitled "Vision", this original work includes a part for flute (separate score included in the bell folio).
Comp:
McChesney, Kevin
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Psalm 133 - A lyric melody and a harmonically beautiful accompaniment combine to make a wonderful solo for bells and piano.
Comp:
Anthony, Kris
Arr:
Octaves:
4-5
Level: NA
Rating:
Easy Medium
Psalm of Celebration - "Psalm of Celebration" is a sure-fire winner for concert, worship, and festivals! The well-crafted dialogue between handbells and brass or organ is rewarding to hear and to play.
Comp:
McChesney, Kevin
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Psalm of Celebration - "Psalm of Celebration" is a sure-fire winner for concert, worship, and festivals! The well-crafted dialogue between handbells and brass or organ is rewarding to hear and to play.
Comp:
McChesney, Kevin
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Psalm of Celebration - "Psalm of Celebration" is a sure-fire winner for concert, worship, and festivals! The well-crafted dialogue between handbells and brass or organ is rewarding to hear and to play.
Comp:
McChesney, Kevin
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Medium
Psalm of Joy - Fast but rhythmically easy and melodic.
Comp:
McChesney, K.
Arr:
Octaves:
3-5
Level: 3
Rating:
Easy Medium
Puer Natus Est - Ethereal mood, open textures, pulsating 7/8 meter and mixed major and minor tonality all contribute to original work written for the Raleigh Ringers. Handchimes add another dimension and seem to echo monk's voices in a quiet monastery from long ago.
Comp:
Arr:
Jergenson, Dale
Octaves:
5-7
Level: 6
Rating:
Advanced