<P> Inspiration for the poem is often granted to Marie Louise Shew, a woman who had helped care for Poe's wife Virginia as she lay dying . One day, as Shew was visiting Poe at his cottage in Fordham, New York, Poe needed to write a poem but had no inspiration . Shew allegedly heard ringing bells from afar and playfully suggested to start there, possibly even writing the first line of each stanza . </P> <P> Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873--1943) composed a choral symphony The Bells, Op. 35, based on a Russian adaptation of the poem by Konstantin Balmont . The symphony follows classical sonata form: first movement, slow movement, scherzo, and finale, thus honoring the poem's four sections . (The work is sometimes performed in English, using not Poe's original, but a translation of Balmont's adaptation by Fanny S. Copeland .) The Scottish composer Hugh S. Roberton (1874--1947) published "Hear the Tolling of the Bells" (1909), "The Sledge Bells" (1909), and "Hear the Sledges with the Bells" (1919) based on Poe's poem . Josef Holbrooke composed his "The Bells, Prelude, Op. 50" on Poe's poem, and American folksinger Phil Ochs composed a tune to the poem recorded on his album All the News That's Fit to Sing . </P> <P> Eric Woolfson, musical partner to Alan Parsons in the Alan Parsons Project, has written two albums based on the writings of Poe . His second, Poe: More Tales of Mystery and Imagination includes a song entitled "The Bells", for which he set Poe's words to music . This album was also the basis for a musical stage production that was performed in England, Austria, and other European countries . Pink Floyd have referenced the poem in the last verse of their song "Time" on the album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). In 1993 Danish composer Poul Ruders wrote a piece "The Bells" for high soprano and ten instruments, using Poe's text in its entirety although in Dutch . The piece was premiered in London, and has appeared on a CD from Bridge Records, New York . MC Lars, a Nerdcore Hip hop musician sang a complete version of the poem on his 2012 Edgar Allan Poe EP titled "(Rock) The Bells". The song may be listened to freely on his Bandcamp page . </P>

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