Ring, O ring, ye Christmas bells

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Ring, O ring, ye Christmas bells

Author: Marion Franklin Ham
Tune: MENDELSSOHN
Published in 2 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Fanfares and Finales for Congregational…

Handbells
	Let Our Carols Fill the Sky! (Reproducib…

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	Tidings of Comfort and Joy (Woodwind Sol…

Author: Marion Franklin Ham

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First Line:	Ring, O ring, ye Christmas bells
Author:	Marion Franklin Ham

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MENDELSSOHN

The tune is from the second chorus of Felix Mendelssohn's (PHH 279) Festgesang (Op. 68) for male voices and brass; it was first performed in 1840 at the Gutenberg Festival in Leipzig, a festival celebrating the anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of the printing press. Mendelssohn's tune is similar…

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	Instances (2)	First Line	Text Title	Refrain First Line	Authors	Composers	Meter	Scripture	Tune Title	Tune Key	Incipit	Languages	Publication Date
	Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #d355	Ring, O ring, ye Christmas bells			Marion Franklin Ham								1937
	The Beacon Song and Service book #215	Ring, O ring, ye Christmas bells!	Ring, O ring, ye Christmas bells!		Marion Franklin Ham				HERALD ANGELS (MENDELSSOHN)	G Major or modal		English	1935