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arranged by Christine D. Anderson
published by Agape/Hope Publishing
Code No. 1576

This new choreography was submitted by
Christine D. Anderson herself!

Note from Michèle: I first saw Christine play this piece on her video "Christine D. Anderson in Concert". 'Ebenezer' has always been one of my favorite hymn tunes and Christine's arrangement is simply lovely. I told her this when I met her at the Handbell Exploration held in Cleveland in 2000 and she mentioned that she had changed the choreography since the piece was originally published. I recently asked her to write up the changes for inclusion on this site.

Displaced bells:

	E5 - place between Bb5 & C6 m. 1, return to normal spot m. 6. Same thing m. 16, return m. 24.
	E6 - place to the right of Bb6 m. 41.
	G5 - place between Bb5 & C6 m. 58, return m. 62; repeat displacement m. 74 and keep it there to end.

Tempo changes:

	Faster tempo mm. 9-40, tempo 1 mm. 41-44 w/rit. m. 44-45
	Faster tempo mm.51-72
	Start rit. poco a poco m. 73, goes to the end, w/m. 78 marked "slowly"
	Tenuto marking over F#6, m. 78
	Rall. m. 66, a tempo m. 67

I put a "Ph.D." on last measure - "phanny damp."

I use right hand only on my "knock-shake" style 2-in-hand, and almost every 2nd and 3rd eighth notes in the 3-eighth note patterns are done 2/h when it involves step-wise movement, no damping the middle note, damping the 3rd note after the 2nd is rung again.

Example: m. 9-10, E damped normally, F# damped when E is rung at m. 10, G damped when the F# is rung beat 1, m. 10. I interlock the handles of Eb & E 7, quartet style, with the E on the left, Eb on the right, out of keyboard order, and finger damp the Eb m. 45.  

-Christine
www.voicesinbronze.com

Solos

• Carols for All Seasons
• God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
• If Thou Art Near (Bist Du Bei Mir)
• Kingsfold
• Lenten Medley
• Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming
• The Lord's Prayer
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
• The Rejoicing
• Shenandoah
• Thanksgiving Medley
• Trumpet Tune
• Trumpet Voluntary

Ensemble Pieces

• Just As I Am
• What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)

Full Bell Choir Pieces, adapted for Solo Ringer

• Ah, Holy Jesus
• Le P'ing (Rise to Greet the Sun)

Choral Octavos

• Christmas is Coming