Boosey and Hawkes Christmas Bells (SSA a cappella) SSA A Cappella Composed by Mary Goetze

Longfellow wrote the text, entitled Christmas Bells, in 1863. During that Christmas season, the poet's son was critically wounded in a war, and the text expresses his father's anguish over was and his longing for peace on earth. The message is as timely today as it was over 125 years ago.