#OnThisDay 1813 Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was born. Here's "Grand March" from his "Aida" performed by a handbell quintet ▶️ youtu.be/Jj3nc_VCyH8 #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

🗓️🎶 #OnThisDay 1940 singer/songwriter John Lennon was born. Here's his "Imagine" performed on handbells with voices ▶️ youtu.be/H9t8nTBavCE #Handbells #HandbellMusic #Handbells4All #HandbellsRFun

Imagine on handbells performed by 7th and 8th graders

YouTube video by ScottCo98

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#OnThisDay 1870 French organist & composer Louis Vierne was born, so here's spectacular performance by handbell musicians of Distinctly Bronze East 2020 of Sondra Tucker's arrangement of Vierne's Toccata from Organ Symphony Number 1 youtu.be/xi0FIcbkApk

TOCCATA from ORGAN SYMPHONY NO. 1, Louis Vierne (5-7 octave Handbells)

YouTube video by Sondra Tucker

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It's #NationalPoetryDay today so here's Wilfred Wilson Gibson's narrative poem (alongside specially composed music) about Flannan Isle lighthouse mystery when all lighthouse keepers stationed on Scotland’s Flannan Isles disappeared in year 1900 youtu.be/Fuh6DXaJCRs

Flannan Isle - Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensembles

YouTube video by DCHandbells

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It's #GlobalJamesBondDay today. So here's Skyfall, 23rd James Bond film theme music, performed by handbell duo Gay & Alan Cooper in Dunblane Cathedral with Matthew Beetschen on organ & Malcolm Wilson on piano youtu.be/JFpG-fRBdns #JamesBondDay #JamesBond #SoundOfBond

Skyfall performed by handbell duo, organ and piano

YouTube video by Malcolm Wilson Music

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#OnThisDay 1883 the Boys' Brigade, the international youth organisation, was founded. This photograph from 1922 is of 1st Leith Boys' Brigade handbell group. There were many Boys' Brigade handbell groups in the country #Handbells #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All #BoysBrigade

Did you know that today is both #LincolnshireDay & #InternationalMusicDay so here's Lincolnshire Dance Song by Australian-American composer Percy Grainger performed by Hong Kong Youth Handbell Ensemble Elite youtu.be/p23MeeV-RYo #Handbells #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

A Lincolnshire Dance Song

YouTube video by Emily Li

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#OnThisDay 1852 composer Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was born. Here is his "Engelberg" performed by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/WtsGplCKyyQ #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Engelberg - Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble

YouTube video by DCHandbells

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It's #BroadwayMusicalsDay today so here's a medley from one of the most popular musicals on Broadway, "Phantom of the Opera" performed by Hong Kong Youth Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/BFfOTOuOhUE #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

The Phantom of the Opera

YouTube video by Handbell HK

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#OnThisDay 935 Saint Wenceslas died. He is the subject of the well-known "Good King Wenceslas" carol, performed here on handbells ▶️ youtu.be/SVSYQm0c3p4 #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

手鐘 Handbells Good King Wenceslas arr. John Behnke

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🗓️🇺🇸✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1898 US composer George Gershwin was born. Here’s a medley of some of his music performed by Hong Kong’s SKH TIn Wan Chi Nam Primary School Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/Bnxe4k9M3yM #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Gershwin

YouTube video by Perpetua Lee

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🗓️ #OnThisDay 1975 TV presenter Declan Donnelly was born. Here's his fun handbell performance along with Anthony McPartlin on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway ▶️ youtu.be/bD0VPhQrqNI #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Ant and Dec - Bell Ringing

YouTube video by Everything ITV

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#OnThisDay 1849 Austrian composer Johann Strauss I died, so here's his famous Radetzky March performed by Japan's Doshisha University & Kwansaigakuin University Handbell Ensembles ▶️ youtu.be/fByrkErbf_c #Handbells #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Radetzky March /ラデツキー行進曲(Handbell ＆ Snare Drum ver.)

YouTube video by 同志社大学ハンドベル・クワイア Doshisha Handbell Choir

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🗓️🇫🇷✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1683 French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau was born. Here's his Minuet performed by Trinity Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/-nY1PRr12Nw #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Trinity Handbell Ensemble - Spring 2018 Concert - 2 - Rameau - Minuet

YouTube video by TrinityMusicDepartment

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🗓️🔆 #OnThisDay 1870 French engineer & inventor Georges Claude, who patented the neon discharge tube for use in advertising, was born. So here’s a handbell-themed message #HandbellsRFun4All in neon lighting

It’s the birthday today of US composer Matthew Compton so here’s his “Catalyst” performed by Handbell Musicians of America Distinctly Bronze East 2023 handbell musicians under the direction of Fred Gramann ▶️ youtu.be/OeTwecUVB3w #Handbells #HandbellMusic #Handbells4All #HandbellsRFun

Catalyst - Matthew Compton

YouTube video by Matthew Compton

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🗓️✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1989 composer Irving Berlin died, so here’s his “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” performed by San Diego Harmony Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/y4u9MSRqg-8 #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Alexander's Ragtime Band

YouTube video by Stan Guinn

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🗓🐘 It's #NationalElephantAppreciationDay #ElephantAppreciationDay #ElephantDay today so here's Baby Elephant Walk performed by Purdue University Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/uXfO7b8qGDw #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Baby Elephant Walk

YouTube video by Purdue Bells

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#OnThisDay 1874 composer Gustav Holst was born so here’s Thaxted from the Jupiter movement of his Planets Suite performed in Dunblane Cathedral by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble, HRGB Scotland’s Celtic Carillon & Japan’s Kobe YMCA Handbell Ensemble youtu.be/pkYZ3gkAr6g

Thaxted from Jupiter movement of Holst's Planets Suite

YouTube video by Malcolm Wilson Music

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#OnThisDay 1957 Finnish composer Jean Sibelius died. Here's an arrangement by Sandra Eithun of his Finlandia performed by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble with pianist Adam Wilson & showing scenes in Dunblane youtu.be/rtX9ofBtDEo #Handbells #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

🏴‍☠️ Aarrrr, it's #InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay #TalkLikeAPirateDay today, so have yer a listen, matey, to "Pirates of the Caribbean" performed by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/7gQ7HgDf-LE #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Pirates of the Caribbean performed by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble

YouTube video by DCHandbells

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#OnThisDay 1905 Irish philanthropist founder of children's homes Thomas John Barnardo died. In 19th & 20th century Barnardo's Boys Handbell Ensemble toured Canada, Australia & New Zealand presenting concerts to raise funds for Barnardo's Children's Homes youtu.be/bPR0_MGo2ak

Where Are The Boys Of The Old Brigade (1932)

YouTube video by British Pathé

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It’s #BatmanDay today - aren't you glad your handbell group's director isn't like Batman!

#OnThisDay 1830 world’s first locomotive-hauled passenger railway line opened (Liverpool & Manchester Railway Line, first to connect major cities & first scheduled passenger service). Here’s “Steam Train to Mallaig” performed by Forté Handbell Quartet youtu.be/lgSRvOF7d_c

Steam Train to Mallaig

YouTube video by Forté Handbells

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🗓️✍️🎶🎵 #OnThisDay 1741 George Frideric Handel completed his oratorio Messiah so here’s the Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah performed by Estonia's handbell ensemble CAMPANELLI - käsikellade ansambel ▶️ youtu.be/oZ2pVZ6cOss #Handbells #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Hallelujah Chorus, Handel, arr. Susan T. Nelson

YouTube video by Susan Nelson

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🗓️🇫🇷🎵✍️ #OnThisDay 1894 French Romantic composer Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier died. Here's his España performed by Japan's fabulous Kinjo Gakuin University Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/q-_wGVtFQSg #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

España

YouTube video by rampan

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#OnThisDay 1985 Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan for the NES, which started Super Mario series of platforming games. Here's theme from Super Mario Bros. performed by Bourgade High School Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/AtqZBpfocY0 #Handbells #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Bourgade Bell Choir plays 'Super Mario Bros.'

YouTube video by Cody

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#OnThisDay 1957 German film score composer Hans Zimmer was born. Here's his "The Kraken" from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" performed by Twin Cities Bronze Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/DOBUvjobgUk #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

"The Kraken" - on Handbells performed by Twin Cities Bronze

YouTube video by Twin Cities Bronze

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#OnThisDay 1935 Estonian composer Arvo Pärt was born. Here's his Spiegel im Spiegel performed by Estonia's Arsis Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/xwERE2I2m8E #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

#OnThisDay 1711 English composer William Boyce was born. Here's Gavotte from his Symphony No 4 performed by Hudson River Handbell Ensemble ▶️ youtu.be/2Faq8VjhqbY #Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All

Hudson River Bells #14. Gavotte ( from Symphony No. 4 )

YouTube video by athny2010

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