English composer Albert Ketèlbey's instrumental piece Bells Across the Meadows was published by Keith Prowse & Co in 1921, in versions for both orchestra and piano.

[4][5][6] A synopsis by Ketèlbey mentions solo bells beginning the music, followed by a quiet melody in strings and woodwinds.

[2] In 1993 music critic Tim McDonald described Bells Across the Meadows as "unashamedly sentimental", adding that it offers modern audiences evocations of "by-gone scenes" reminiscent of nostalgic and idealised Victorian-era illustrations of the English countryside.

[9] The piece was included in the album The Immortal Works of Ketèlbey, part of Decca's 1969 Concert Series with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eric Rogers; a 2014 reviewer of the series' CD reissue noted the Phase 4 Stereo recording's "ear-pricking tintinnabulations".

[10] In 1995 it was recorded by the New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp; this was later anthologized in a 2006 four-CD set called British Light Music Classics.