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Bells In the High Tower (Hungarian carol, English lyrics by Howard Box)
SATB, piano - SEA-065-00 - $2.00/copy3 minutes - ME "Bells in the High Tower" is a wonderful example of an accessible choral arrangement made extraordinary by an absolutely delicate and ethereal piano accompaniment. That makes it an entirely different "level" of anthem quality. Fantastic!" -Ruth Palmer, Director of Music, Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul, MN
An arrangement of the beloved Hungarian carol "Krisztus Urunknak," paired with Howard Box's poignant lyric on winter's long darkness and promise of renewal. A vivid piano accompaniment serves as the backdrop for this haunting modal melody.
Bells In the High Tower - Score
Bells In the High Tower
Bells in the high tower, ringing o'er the white hills,
Mocking the winter, singing like the spring rills;
Bells in the high tower, in the cold foretelling
Spring's green upwelling.
Bells in the old tower, bright as morning chatter
From darting songbirds, summerlong they gather;
Bells in the old tower, now the wine is brimming,
New life beginning.
Bells in the stone tower, echoing the soft sound
Of autumn's mill wheel, as the wheat is spun round;
Bells in the stone tower, see, the bread is yeasting
For time of feasting.
Bells in the cold tower, 'midst the snow of winter
Sound out the spring song that we may remember;
Bells in the cold tower, after bitter snowing
Come months of growing.
© 1958 by Howard Box, © 1992 by the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Lyric adapted and reprinted by permission of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Reprinted by permission.
Bells in the high tower, ringing o'er the white hills,
Mocking the winter, singing like the spring rills;
Bells in the high tower, in the cold foretelling
Spring's green upwelling.
Bells in the old tower, bright as morning chatter
From darting songbirds, summerlong they gather;
Bells in the old tower, now the wine is brimming,
New life beginning.
Bells in the stone tower, echoing the soft sound
Of autumn's mill wheel, as the wheat is spun round;
Bells in the stone tower, see, the bread is yeasting
For time of feasting.
Bells in the cold tower, 'midst the snow of winter
Sound out the spring song that we may remember;
Bells in the cold tower, after bitter snowing
Come months of growing.
© 1958 by Howard Box, © 1992 by the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Lyric adapted and reprinted by permission of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Reprinted by permission.
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