1828. This music became immensely popular and resulted in variations on the same theme, as well as in completely different songs based on the same translation. The English original itself was published with music composed by John Andrew Stevenson. It also resulted in several other songs: Harry Hill, (SSA, a cappella) Charles Edward Ives (in 1907) Harvey Worthington Loomis (in 1918, SSA, a cappella) Henri Ketten (1848–1883) Other translations There are two translations of the song into German (by Caroline Leonhardt Pierson and Henry Hugo Pierson, O Abendglocken, Abendhall, 1845), as well as into Polish (by Stanisław Moniuszko). Sergei Taneyev and Antoni Grabowski translated Moore's original verse into Esperanto under the title Sonoriloj de vesper (Evening bells). Cover versions Cover versions include: "Nasdrovje womm" by Otto Waalkes Otto teaches the song to the audience. It only contains the words "nastrovje" (A Russian word often incorrectly said to be "cheers") and "womm" (a meaningless word sounding similar to the original "zvon") so the audience can easily respond it. "Wij zijn niet bang" (Dutch) and "Schlumpfies Boogie Woogie Show" by Vader Abraham (German) It can be found on the LP record "Vader Abraham in the Land of the Smurfs", issued at least in German and Dutch Language. References External links Three different versions of the song performed by Nicolai Gedda, Ivan Rebroff, and Yuri Wichniakov: Russian songs