Mozart's Symphony For Handbells And Triangles

This very familiar tune is packed with lots of extras and options. First off, you will probably recognize this theme from the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor. The accompaniment track features a very similar instrumentation and orchestration to Mozart's composition, making it a great classical music listening exercise. Please note, however, that the tempo for our adaptation is a bit slower than Mozart indicated. Also, we arranged it in the key of A minor to make it more handbell-friendly. Still, it's very much like the original. There are many awesome recordings of this symphony available if you want to hear exactly how it was intended to sound.

First and foremost, we did this arrangement to feature handbells and triangles. You could add in or substitute other instruments if you wish. To help your young players, we have included isolated handbell and triangle student parts on our web site. There is also an accompaniment track that does not include bell guides.

As we mentioned, this tune has many extras. In addition to the handbell and triangle parts, we also included a 3-part vocal arrangement. It's a little challenging, but a lot of fun! The vocal part does not have lyrics. Instead, the singers just sing "doot" or "doo." Part 1 sings the melody and parts 2 and 3 sing notes taken from the orchestration. We have absolutely wonderful examples of this on our web site. The many extra tracks include a full vocal version with the percussion parts, a full vocal version without the percussion parts, a unison version with percussion, an a cappella version with percussion, and an a cappella version without percussion. There are also isolated rehearsal tracks for parts 2 and 3, and PDFs of the vocal score. Play it, sing it, listen to it, or any combination you can think of. It's a great way to introduce your students to the classics!