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Title: Thanksgiving (Simple Gifts)
Voicing/Format: Handbells 3-5 Octaves
Publisher: Beckenhorst Press Inc
Composer: Beck, John Ness
Arranger: Sherman, Arnold
Catalog #: HB203
Grade: 2+

Price: $2.95

"For seedtime and harvest and the good will of men, We give thanks to God the Father once again..." so begins the text of the anthem by John Ness Beck basedon an early American tune. It is this anthem that the corresponding bell foliois set to, albeit one whole-step lower. It may stand alone or accompany the vocal octavo. Can use handbell arrangement to accompany choral anthem (BP1237).

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