Christmas Bells (Version 2)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 18, 2022.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882) was an American poet and teacher best known for the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song Of Hiawatha" and "Evangeline." He was one of the so-called fireside poets from New England. This poem was written on Christmas Day 1863 and deals with the stark contrast between the Christmas message of peace on earth and the brutal and devastating American Civil War which was at its height. The poem was published in February of 1865 and first set to music in 1872 by English organist John Baptiste Calkin. Calkin's tune is still the one commonly used with the text to this day under the name of "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day." - Summary by mungojerry311 (0 hr 34 min)
Chapters
| Christmas Bells - Read by BK | 1:55 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Christmas Bells - Read by BM | 2:12 | Read by Bill Mosley |
| Christmas Bells - Read by CF | 1:52 | Read by Craig Franklin |
| Christmas Bells - Read by CZ | 1:53 | Read by czandra |
| Christmas Bells - Read by DL | 1:52 | Read by David Lawrence |
| Christmas Bells - Read by FEN | 2:16 | Read by Fenman |
| Christmas Bells - Read by GG | 2:17 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Christmas Bells - Read by GLN | 2:02 | Read by Garth Burton |
| Christmas Bells - Read by JA | 1:50 | Read by Julio Araujo |
| Christmas Bells - Read by JFJ | 2:05 | Read by Jonathan Jones |
| Christmas Bells - Read by LCW | 1:47 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Christmas Bells - Read by LS | 1:48 | Read by LeeSalter |
| Christmas Bells - Read by PLM | 1:49 | Read by Paula Messina |
| Christmas Bells - Read by PR | 2:06 | Read by Patrick Randall |
| Christmas Bells - Read by RR | 1:56 | Read by redrun |
| Christmas Bells - Sung by TG | 2:48 | Read by TriciaG |
| Christmas Bells - Read by WC | 1:57 | Read by Wayne Cooke |