Carol of the Bells (Leontovych, Mykola)

Composition Year 1904
Genre Categories Carols; Religious works; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; Ukrainian language; For violin (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For viola (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); For cello (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); for 3 open instruments (arr); For 4 flutes (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); For 4 players (arr); For 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the trombone (arr); For 2 flugelhorns, bass trombone, tuba (arr); Scores featuring the flugelhorn (arr); Scores featuring the bass trombone (arr); Scores featuring the tuba (arr); For 4 guitars (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For horn, trumpet, euphonium (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); Scores featuring the euphonium (arr); For 3 players (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

For 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones (Rondeau)

 Complete Performance
#271183 - 1.16MB - 1:16 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10000×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2013/2/25)

Performer Pages Michel Rondeau (trumpet)
Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers with Marthe Jobidon (trumpet), Eric Vaillancourt & Steve Guerin (trombones)
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Synthesized/MIDI

For Mixed Chorus (Composer/Weymouth)

 Synthesized Performance
#304706 - 0.01MB - 1:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1794×⇩ - MID - Dweymouth

MID file (audio/video)
Dweymouth (2013/11/25)

Publisher Info. Drew Weymouth
Performers sequenced MIDI
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For 4 Flutes (Johnson)

 Synthesized Performance
#870399 - 0.01MB - 1:17 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 86×⇩ - MID - Clsmaestro

MID file (audio/video)
Clsmaestro (2023/8/17)

Publisher Info. Charles A Johnson, 2023.
Performers Synthesizer
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For 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#175039 - 0.01MB - 0:52 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 959×⇩ - MID - Michrond

MID file (audio/video)
Michrond (2012/2/1)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#601561 - 1.40MB - 1:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 222×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2019/12/16)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau, 2019.
Performers MIDI
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#304704 - 0.18MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 50114×⇩ - Dweymouth

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Dweymouth (2013/11/25)

 Engraving files (Lilypond)
#304705 - 0.00MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 11861×⇩ - Dweymouth

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Dweymouth (2013/11/25)

Editor Drew Weymouth
Publisher. Info. Drew Weymouth
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This is the original version with Ukrainian lyrics. The popular English lyrics by Peter Wilhousky (1902-1978) are under copyright.
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 Complete Score
#818766 - 0.09MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4729×⇩ - BK

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BK (2022/10/30)

Editor Ben Kwong
Publisher. Info. Ben Kwong
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This is the original version with Ukrainian lyrics. Primary sources were difficult to find, so I depended on the typeset available on Wikimedia and an old low-res scan of sheet music from this site. IPA transliteration has been graciously supplied by Cheri Montgomery and STM Publishers.
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 Complete Score
#399184 - 0.07MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 14719×⇩ - Gdac

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Gdac (2015/11/10)

Editor Guido Alici
Language Italian
Translator Editor
Publisher. Info. Guido Alici
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Italian lyrics (Carola delle campane) by Guido Alici
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 Complete Score
#832319 - 3.56MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2299×⇩ - Mavorte

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Mavorte (2023/1/6)

Editor Mario Rodríguez Peña
Language Spanish
Translator Editor
Publisher. Info. Mario Rodríguez Peña
Copyright
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Misc. Notes "La Golondrinita", Spanish lyrics of the Ukrainian carol Shchedryk (original in public domain)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Strings (Manookian)
See: Christmas Carol Suite by Jeff Manookian
For 4 Flutes (Johnson)

 Complete Score
#870394 - 0.04MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1076×⇩ - Clsmaestro

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Clsmaestro (2023/8/17)

⇒ 4 more: Flute 1 • Flute 2 • Flute 3 • Flute 4

 Flute 1
#870395 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 190×⇩ - Clsmaestro

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Clsmaestro (2023/8/17)

 Flute 2
#870396 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 114×⇩ - Clsmaestro

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Clsmaestro (2023/8/17)

 Flute 3
#870397 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 120×⇩ - Clsmaestro

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Clsmaestro (2023/8/17)

 Flute 4
#870398 - 0.02MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 106×⇩ - Clsmaestro

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Clsmaestro (2023/8/17)

Arranger Charles Anthony Johnson (b. 1939)
Publisher. Info. Charles Anthony Johnson, 2023.
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For 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones (Rondeau)

 Complete Score
#175040 - 0.03MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7527×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2012/2/1)

 Trumpet 1/2
#175041 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1338×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2012/2/1)

 Trombone 1/2
#175042 - 0.02MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1007×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2012/2/1)

 Engraving files (Finale)
#176210 - 5.69MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 13281×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2012/2/1)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For 2 Flugelhorns, Bass Trombone and Tuba (Rondeau)

 Complete Parts (F minor)
#924646 - 0.25MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 85×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2024/7/29)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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For 4 Guitars (Shorter)

 Complete Score
#328181 - 0.17MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2689×⇩ - Minstrel

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Minstrel (2014/6/6)

Arranger Steve Shorter
Publisher. Info. Steve Shorter
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For 3 Open Instruments (Dich)

 Complete Score and Parts (Preview)
#900025 - 12.06MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 698×⇩ - Arne Dich

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Arne Dich (2024/2/16)

Arranger Arne Dich
Publisher. Info. Ukrainian Folksong Suite
Arne Dich, 2024.
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Misc. Notes From "Ukrainian Folksong Suite" - 9 songs of resistance. 3 Parts - Transposed for 18 Woodwinds, Saxes and Strings.
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For Horn, Trumpet and Euphonium (Messerschmidt)

 Complete Score
#690989 - 0.06MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 463×⇩ - Messerman

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Messerman (2021/4/12)

 Horn (F)
#690990 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 131×⇩ - Messerman

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Messerman (2021/4/12)

 Trumpet (B♭)
#690991 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 134×⇩ - Messerman

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Messerman (2021/4/12)

 Euphonium
#690992 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 138×⇩ - Messerman

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Messerman (2021/4/12)

Arranger Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt (b. 1944)
Publisher. Info. Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt, 2020.
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Parts
#601559 - 0.12MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2297×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2019/12/16)

 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#601560 - 0.44MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 362×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2019/12/16)

Arranger Michel Rondeau (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau, 2019.
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For Violin or Viola or Cello (Fine)

 Complete Score
#664617 - 2.09MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3933×⇩ - Elainefine

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Elainefine (2020/12/19)

Arranger Elaine Fine (b. 1959)
Publisher. Info. Elaine Fine, 2020.
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General Information

Work Title Carol of the Bells
Alternative. Title Shchedryk
Composer Leontovych, Mykola
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IML 1
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1904
First Performance. 1916
First Publication. 1921 - Kiev: Mystetstvo, in Vybrani khorovi tvory (reprinted 1949)
Librettist Folk Song
Language Ukrainian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation mixed chorus (SATB)
External Links Wikipedia article (Carol of the Bells)
Wikipedia article (Shchedryk)
Extra Information The Leontovych work is an arrangement of the Ukrainian folk carol for New Year's Day, Shchedryk
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