This arrangement of the Bohemian tune MIT FREUDEN ZART is joyous and upbeat right from the start, with rhythmic shifts from 6/8 to 3/4. The opening and closing sections employ malleted, multi-metered, dotted-eighth and -sixteenth rhythms, and optional handchimes in a brief, more legato middle section. The arrangement is playable by bells alone, but is even more joyous when the optional percussion instruments are used - finger cymbals or triangle, tambourine, and tenor drum or snare drum with the snares off. Appropriate for most any time in the church year or as a delightful concert addition.