Prelude on "Herzliebster Jesu" by Fred Gramann - Handbell - Sheet Music

Details

Instruments: Percussion; Handbell
Ensembles: Handbell Choir
Genres: Classical; Hanukkah; Easter; Christian
Composers: Fred Gramann
Publishers: American Guild of English Handbell Ringers
Formats: Score
Item Types: Physical
Levels: Intermediate; Advanced
Musical Forms: Prelude
Usages: Easter; Lent; School and Community

Description

Handbells (4-7 octaves) - Moderately Advanced

SKU: LO.AG47002

Composed by Fred Gramann. Eastertide, Hanukkah, Lent, Sacred. Handbell score. American Guild of English Handbell Ringers #AG47002. Published by American Guild of English Handbell Ringers (LO.AG47002).

UPC: 024257001962.

While looking through the Pilgrim Hymnal for tunes to arrange and combine, Fred Gramann chanced upon the 17th century German hymn HERZLIEBSTER JESU (AH, HOLY JESUS) and on the opposite page, the early American melody KEDRON (SUNSET TO SUNRISE CHANGES NOW). He found that the two melodies could be overlapped beautifully by rhythmically transposing the HERZLIEBSTER melody into a triple meter. The resulting arrangement is his PRELUDE ON HERZLIEBSTER JESU. The VICTIM' PASCHALI LAUDES (the chant for Easter Day) is intertwined with the two passion chorales as if to foretell the victory of the approaching resurrection. Written for 4-7 octaves of handbells, this moving setting uses antiphonal tower swings, suspended handbells, and shakes. It is an AGEHR level 5 number.