We’re excited to bring you our new arrangement of Jasmine Flower, also known as Mo Li Hua, for handbells!

Mo Li Hua (茉莉花) is an 18-century Chinese folk song. It’s become perhaps the best-known Chinese song around the world. Mo Li Hua was used in Puccini’s opera Turandot, and has been widely performed at international events, including at the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

We’ve loved Mo Li Hua since Larry wrote an 8-bell accompaniment for us to perform with the Peninsula Girls Chorus at the Chinese New Year celebrations in San Mateo, California, back in 2014. Eventually, the song made it onto Larry’s “to do” list, where it sat for a few years, along with many other “bright ideas” and “someday projects”.

At long last, here’s Larry’s arrangement of this traditional Chinese song, for 3-5 octaves of handbells. We enjoyed putting our demonstration video together!

More information about Jasmine Flower (Mo Li Hua)

Jasmine Flower (Mo Li Hua) is a Level 4- arrangement for 3-5 octaves of handbells and two octaves of handchimes. You could play it without the handchimes, but they definitely add to the texture of the piece. The arrangement also features mallet techniques, both on the table and suspended. The sixteenth-note passages move along fairly quickly, but aren’t as difficult as they may seem, especially as many of them are played with mallets. The singing bell technique is also a feature of this piece.

Sheet music for this arrangement 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. Purchase of the full choir license gives you our no-fuss permission to print up to 15 copies for your group.

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 arranger (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. 

We appreciate your help in spreading the word about Choraegus handbell music. If you record a video of your group playing any of our pieces, we’d love to see it. You’re welcome to share it with us by email or on our Facebook page!

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.

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.