Ding Dong, Merrily on High! - digital download

Benjamin David Knoedler

$2.75

BP2411DL

Beckenhorst Press

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Ding Dong, Merrily on High!

Winner of the 2025 Indianapolis Symphonic Choir Carol Competition, Benjamin Knoedler's "Ding Dong, Merrily on High!" marvelously weaves together the traditional French carol with the "Troika" theme from Prokofiev; the two melodies seem to fit together magically! Joy and celebration resound throughout every bar of this festive piece. Delightful as a concert opener, or as a joyous moment to contrast slower carols.

COMPANION PRODUCTS

BP2411CDDL – Ding Dong, Merrily on High! - accompaniment track
BP2411RTDL – Ding Dong, Merrily on High! - rehearsal tracks

Poetic Lyrics

Ding, dong, merrily on high!
Ding, dong, merrily on high!

Ding, dong, merrily on high!
In heav’n the bells are ringing;
ding dong, verily the sky
is riven with angels singing.

Gloria! Gloria, hosanna in excelsis!

E’en so here below, below,
let steeple bells be swungen,
and io, io, io,
by priest and people sungen.

Gloria! (Ding dong, gloria!)
Gloria, hosanna in excelsis!

Pray ye dutifully prime
your matin chime, ye ringers;
may ye beautifully rhyme
your evetime song, ye singers.

Gloria! Gloria! Gloria! Gloria!
Hosanna in excelsis!