Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
    The flying cloud, the frosty light; 
    The year is dying in the night; 
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
    Ring, happy bells, across the snow: 
    The year is going, let him go; 
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
    For those that here we see no more, 
    Ring out the feud of rich and poor, 
Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,
    And ancient forms of party strife; 
    Ring in the nobler modes of life, 
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

Ring out the want, the care the sin,
    The faithless coldness of the times; 
    Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, 
But ring the fuller minstrel in.

Ring out false pride in place and blood,
    The civic slander and the spite; 
    Ring in the love of truth and right, 
Ring in the common love of good.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
    Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; 
    Ring out the thousand wars of old, 
Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Ring in the valiant man and free,
    The larger heart, the kindlier hand; 
    Ring out the darkness of the land, 
Ring in the Christ that is to be.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) , no title, from In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII, no. 106

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Condit Robert Atkinson (1928-) , "Ring out, wild bells" [SATB chorus, optional chimes or handbells]
by Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880-1956) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1923. [unison voices and piano]
by Lady Baker , "Ring out, wild bells", <<1892. [voice and piano]
by Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1929. [men's chorus and instruments]
by John Blockley (1800-1882) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1857. [voice and piano]
by Francis Boott (1813-1904) , "The New Year's Bells", published 1857 [voice and piano], from Florence, no. ?
by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) , unknown title, published 1965, stanza 7 (lines 3-4). [boys' chorus, SATB chorus, and organ ad libitum]
by John Baptiste Calkin (1827-1905) , "Ring out the old, ring in the new", published 1935. [voice and piano or organ]
by Alinda B. Couper , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1964. [SAB chorus, handbells, and piano or organ]
by David Vassall Cox (1916-1997) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1931. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Leopold Damrosch (1832-1885) , "Ring out, wild bells", <<1885. [SATB a cappella]
by Garth Edmundson (1895-?) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1954. [SATB a cappella]
by Percy Eastman Fletcher (1879-1932) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1914. [SATB chorus and organ]
by William Wallace Gilchrist (1846-1916) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1928-30 [unaccompanied voice], in The Music Hour
by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1880. [voice and piano]
by Edward Vine Hall (1837-1909) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1902. [voices and piano]
by John Liptrot Hatton (1809-1886) , "Ring out, wild bells", <<1892. [voice and piano]
by E. D. Heathcote , "The chimes", published 1867. [vocal duet with piano]
by Ludwig Hess (1877-) , "Ring out, wild bells", op. 41 no. ?
by Rae Holmes (1940-) , "Ring out, wild bells", 1962. [tenor and piano]
by Jules Jordan (1850-1927) , "Ring out, wild bells", published <<1929. [voice and piano]
by Henry Lahee (1826-1912) , "The New Year", published 1876. [SSA chorus, two violins, piano, organ, and bells]
by Lowndes Maury (1911-1975) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1950. [voice and piano]
by Frances McCollin (1892-1960) , "Ring out, wild bells", published <<1977. [chorus and orchestra]
by Kent A. Newbury , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1971. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by J. Daulby Peake , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1928. [two-part chorus]
by F. L. Ricketts , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1851. [voice and piano]
by Alec Rowley (1892-1958) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1924. [SA chorus and piano]
by P(atrick) Peter Sacco (1928-) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1968. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Robert L. Sanders (1906-) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1941. [unison voices and piano or organ]
by E. Douglas Taylor , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1911. [voice and piano]
by Clare Tobin (1931-) , "Ring out, wild bells", 1958. [SATB chorus and organ]
by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1890 [voices and piano], from Christmas in song, sketch, and story
by (Herbert) Alan Tregaskis (1918-) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1962. [SATB chorus and piano or organ]
by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852-1916) , "Ring out, wild bells" [men's chorus a cappella]
by Ernest Walker (1870-1949) , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1937. [canon for two equal voices and piano]
by C. Whitaker Wilson , "Ring out, wild bells", published <<1956. [voices and piano]
by Frederic H. Wood , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1926. [unison voices and piano]
by Stephen H. Wood , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1933. [SATB chorus and piano]

Date added to the website: 2008-08-15.

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