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The Golden Dance Store offers high-quality handbell sheet music for solo and ensemble ringers at a reasonable cost, as well as Michèle's CDs, DVDs, instructional videos, & accompaniment tracks.


Carol of the Bells
Traditional Ukrainian Carol
arr. by Kevin Holsinger & Michèle Sharik


Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych (1877-1921) created a choral work called Shchedryk, first performed by students at Kiev University in December 1916. The work is based on an old Slavic legend: at midnight on the night Jesus was born, every bell in the world rang out in celebration.

Today, the simple but joyous melody of "Carol of the Bells" is the best-known portion of the larger choral work and has become a holiday staple all over the world.

Carol of the Bells


Note: This is PDF sheet music that you must download and print after purchasing.



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File size 342 kb
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  • Instrumentation: Solo handbells with lever harp (or with piano)
  • Key: A minor
  • Bells Used: A5-A6
  • Price: $5.00
  • Date last updated: Feb 08, 2008
  • ASCAP Reference Number: 960764
  • ASCAP Title Code:
  • Catalog Number: TGD1022

Sheet Music
What do you get when you download this music?
  • a full score (showing both bells and harp parts — lever changes are marked with diamond notes);
  • a "clean" copy (ie. no choreography) of the solo handbell part;
  • a copy of the solo handbell part with suggested choreography written in; and
  • a copy of our License Terms.