Huron Carol Top Pick
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Moderately Easy
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Instrumental Only?
Yes
Description
For Three-Octave Handbells (with optional G3 and D7) - Level 1 An easy and straightforward setting of the oldest carol in the Americas. The Huron Carol (or "Twas in the Moon of Wintertime") is a Canadian Christmas Hymn (Canada's oldest Christmas song), written probably in 1642 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary. The song's melody is based on a traditional French Folk song.
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