by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky
Language: English
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]1;
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.
B. Britten sets stanza 7:3-4
A. Thomas sets stanzas 1-2, 4:3-4, 6:3-4, 7:3-4, 8
J. Dove sets stanzas 1-3, 5, 7
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Dove: "time"
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII, no. 106 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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 (b. 1928), "Ring out, wild bells" [ SATB chorus, optional chimes or handbells ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880 - 1956), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1923 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by ? Baker, Lady , "Ring out, wild bells", <<1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1929 [ men's chorus and instrumental ensemble ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ronald A. Beckett , "Ring out, wild bells", 2017 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Blockley (1800 - 1882), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1857 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Boott (1813 - 1904), "The New Year's Bells", published 1857 [ voice and piano ], from Florence, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Ring out the thousand wars of old", published 1965, stanza 7:3-4 [ boys' chorus, SATB chorus, and organ ad libitum ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Baptiste Calkin (1827 - 1905), "Ring out the old, ring in the new", published 1935 [ voice and piano or organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alinda B. Couper , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1964 [ SAB chorus, handbells, and piano or organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Vassall Cox (1916 - 1997), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1931 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "Ring out, wild bells", <<1885 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jonathan Dove (b. 1959), "Ring out, wild bells", 2000, stanzas 1-3,5,7, from The Passing of the Year, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Garth Edmundson (1895 - ?), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1954 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Percy Eastman Fletcher (1879 - 1932), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1914 [ SATB chorus and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Wallace Gilchrist (1846 - 1916), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1928-30 [ unaccompanied voice ], in The Music Hour [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Ring out, wild bells", CG 435 (1879), published 1880 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], C. Kegan Paul, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Vine Hall (1837 - 1909), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1902 [ voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Liptrot Hatton (1809 - 1886), "Ring out, wild bells", <<1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Evelyn D. Heathcote , "The chimes", published 1867 [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Hess (1877 - 1944), "Ring out, wild bells", op. 41 no. ? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rae Holmes (b. 1940), "Ring out, wild bells", 1962 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Jordan (1850 - 1927), "Ring out, wild bells", published <<1929 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Lahee (1826 - 1912), "The New Year", published 1876 [ SSA chorus, 2 violins, piano, organ, and bells ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Henry) Lowndes Maury (1911 - 1975), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frances McCollin (1892 - 1960), "Ring out, wild bells", published <<1977 [ chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "In Memoriam", op. 152 no. 4 (2008) [ mixed chorus and piano ], from Vier Neujahrslieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Kent A. Newbury (b. 1925), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1971 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Daulby Peake , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1928 [ 2-part chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "Ring out, wild bells " [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. L. Ricketts , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1851 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alec Rowley (1892 - 1958), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1924 [ SA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by P(atrick) Peter Sacco (b. 1928), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1968 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert L. Sanders (1906 - 1974), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1941 [ unison chorus and piano or organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. Douglas Taylor , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1911 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), "Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky", 2000, first performed 2000, stanzas 1-2,4:3-4,6:3-4,7:3-4,8 [ soprano, SATB chorus, and orchestra ], from Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Clare Tobin (b. 1931), "Ring out, wild bells", 1958 [ SATB chorus and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1890 [ voices and piano ], from Christmas in Song, Sketch, and Story [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Herbert) Alan Tregaskis (b. 1918), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1962 [ SATB chorus and piano or organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Ring out, wild bells" [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Walker (1870 - 1949), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1937 [ duet for 2 equal voices with piano ], canon [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. Whitaker Wilson , "Ring out, wild bells", published <<1956 [ voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic H. Wood (1880 - 1963), "Ring out, wild bells", published 1926 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen H. Wood , "Ring out, wild bells", published 1933 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893) ; composed by Charles Gounod.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- SWE Swedish (Svenska) (Edvard Fredin) , "Nyårsklockan", appears in Efterlemnade dikter, first published 1890
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-15
Line count: 32
Word count: 224