Those evening bells

Those evening bells! Those evening bells!
[How]1 many a tale their music tells
of youth, and home and that sweet time,
When last I heard their soothing chime.

Those joyous hours are past away,
And many a heart that then was gay
Within the tomb now darkly dwells
And hears no more these evening bells.

And so 'twill be when [I am]1 gone;
That tuneful peal will still ring on
while other bards [will]2 walk these dells,
and sing your praise, sweet evening bells.

by Thomas Moore (1779-1852) , "Those evening bells", from National Airs, published 1818

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

by Harry Hill , "Those evening bells" [SSA, a cappella]
by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "Those evening bells", 1907, stanzas 1,3.
by Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865-1930) , "Those evening bells", published 1918. [SSA, a cappella]

by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787-1851) , "Vechernij zvon", 1830.
by Yury Karlovich Arnold (1811-1898) , "Vechernij zvon"
by Nikolay Ivanovich Bakhmetyev (1807-1891) , "Vechernij zvon"
by Yosif Yosifovich Genishta (1795-1853) , "Vechernij zvon", published 1839. [voice and piano]
by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864-1956) , "Vechernij zvon", op. 15 (2 romansa) no. 1 (1898), published 1898. [voice and piano]
by A. A. Rachmaninov , "Vechernij zvon", 1840.
by Varvara Saburova , "Vechernij zvon", published 1834.
by P. M. Vorotnikov , "Vechernij zvon", 1873. [vocal quartet]
by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotarev (1872-1964) , "Vechernij zvon", 1905. [chorus]

by Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872) , no title

by Henry Hugo Pierson (1816-1873) , "O Abendglocken, Abendhall", published 1854.

GER German (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)

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O Abendlied, o Glockenklang

O Abendlied, o Glockenklang,
Wie rühret mich dein holder Sang.

Weckst Sehnsuchtsdrang in meiner Brust
Nach Jugendzeit und Liebeslust.

Nie kehret mehr des Lenzes Glück
Mit süßem Trug zu mir zurück.

Der Wind, er trugs ins Tal hinab
Ein andrer kommt am Wanderstab.

Und singt und preist dich im Gesang
O Abendlied, o Glockenklang.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779-1852) , "Those evening bells", from National Airs, published 1818 RUS

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

[ None yet in the database ]

Date added to the website: 2009-07-01.