Love Divine, All Loves Excelling is a beloved hymn written by Charles Wesley and first published in 1747.
“Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven to earth come down;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling;
All thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love thou art.
Visit us with thy salvation;
Enter every trembling heart.”
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling is sung to several different hymn tunes, including BEECHER and HYFRYDOL. In the UK, the tunes LOVE DIVINE and BLAENWERN are used most often, and BLAENWERN is the one we use for our arrangement. This tune was written by William Penfro Rowlands in 1905.
More information about Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Our arrangement is for 3 or 5 octaves of handbells, with an optional 2 octaves of chimes (G4 – F5). It’s a Level 2+ arrangement, and the score is available to purchase and download from Choraegus. You can either purchase an individual copy (useful for massed ringing events, or for preview), or purchase the full choir license. Please note that Choraegus handbell music is designed to come to you as a downloadable PDF file. You’ll be responsible for printing your own music, and you won’t receive anything in the mail. If you haven’t purchased music online from Choraegus before, we recommend our step-by-step guide. We designed this guide to help you navigate the purchase and download process in a (we hope!) stress-free way.
Purchase of the full choir license gives you our no-fuss permission to print up to 15 copies for your group.
Performance license is included!
Your purchase of the full-choir license allows you to perform, broadcast and live-stream this piece as part of a concert or worship service. There’s no need for any additional license or fee. We ask that you credit the composer (Larry Sue) and publisher (Choraegus) in any printed media such as concert programs, and online (in video descriptions). Please see our licensing agreement for full details.
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Any questions?
If you have any questions about our music, please start by reading our Frequently-Asked Questions. If someone has asked us a question even once, it will be there, along with the answer. Please contact us if you don’t find the information you need, and we’ll be happy to help!
