<Li> There is horse racing at Cheltenham . </Li> <P> Music associated with New Year's Day comes in both classical and popular genres, and there is also Christmas song focus on the arrival of a new year during the Christmas and holiday season . </P> <Ul> <Li> Johann Sebastian Bach, in the Orgelbüchlein, composed three chorale preludes for the new year: Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen ("Help me to praise God's goodness") (BWV 613); Das alte Jahr vergangen ist ("The old year has passed") (BWV 614); and In dir ist freude ("In you is joy") (BWV 615). </Li> <Li> The year is gone, beyond recall is a traditional Christian hymn to give thanks for the new year, dating back to 1713 . </Li> <Li> Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Johann Sebastian Bach, in the Orgelbüchlein, composed three chorale preludes for the new year: Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen ("Help me to praise God's goodness") (BWV 613); Das alte Jahr vergangen ist ("The old year has passed") (BWV 614); and In dir ist freude ("In you is joy") (BWV 615). </Li>

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