Ukrainian Bell Carol
Grade 3 - Score Only
by Mykola Leotnovich
Concert Band - Sheet Music

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Concert Band - Grade 3

SKU: HL.44003204

Grade 3 - Score Only. Composed by Mykola Leotnovich. Arranged by Philip Sparke. Anglo Music Concert Band. Concert Piece. Score Only. Composed 2005. 28 pages. Anglo Music Press #AMP134. Published by Anglo Music Press (HL.44003204).

UPC: 884088080136. 9.75x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

“The Ukrainian Bell Carol” is part of a large choral work entitled Shchedryk by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych (1877-1921). It was first performed by students of Kiev University in December 1916.

The tune is an adaptation of an old “shchedrivka,” a song traditionally sung on Ukrainian New Year's Eve (January 13), which hopes for good fortune in the year to come. In Shchedryk Leontovych added his own lyrics, which concern the legend claiming that when Jesus was born, all the bells on earth started ring in his honor. The tune has since been the inspiration of at least four different Christmas carols, but Philip Sparke has sourced the original Ukrainian melody to create this stirring arrangement.