Collection of Peal Compositions
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This is a collection of 9348 peal compositions, spanning a wide variety of stages, methods, composers, and styles. They have been collected from

• several printed collections of compositions published by the Peal Compositions Committee of The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers,
• compositions supplied by the Committee for publication in The Ringing World Diary,
• compositions published in The Ringing World by the Committee,
• compositions submitted to the Committee for publication in The Ringing World, but not in print,
• and compositions submitted specifically for publication on this site.

The collection is organized primarily by stage, in most cases further subdivided by method, kind of method, or number of methods used in spliced. When there are variations on a composition of spliced using different numbers of methods, the composition appears in the section corresponding to the greatest number of methods used. So, for example, Norman Smith's popular composition of 13 to 23 Spliced Surprise Major appears in the section for 23 methods.

There are also some thematic pages collecting compositions that may be of interest to particular bands. The compositions appearing on these thematic pages also appear in their normal place in the organization by stage, so it is not necessary to look in both places. These thematic pages include: some compositions that are likely to be of particular interest to handbell bands, and some series of related spliced surprise compositions that may be of interest to bands looking for a progression of peals to ring.

There is a list of recent additions to the collection, as well as two indices, one listing all the compositions alphabetically by composer and the other listing them by length.

If you have compositions you'd like to submit for addition to this site please send them to compositions@ringing.org. Please be sure to state whether you are submitting them for publication in The Ringing World, or just for publication on this site.

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