Editing New Year's Day (section)

===Music===
Music associated with New Year's Day comes in both classical and popular genres, and there is also [[Christmas music|Christmas song]] focus on the arrival of a new year during the [[Christmas and holiday season]].
*[[Paul Gerhardt]] wrote the text for a hymn for the turn of the year, "[[Nun lasst uns gehn und treten]]", first published in 1653.
*[[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).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Table of Contents: Orgelbüchlein |url=https://libweb.grinnell.edu/vufind/Record/.b22618132/TOC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201051409/https://libweb.grinnell.edu/vufind/Record/.b22618132/TOC |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=19 November 2017 |website=libweb.grinnell.edu}}</ref>
*''The year is gone, beyond recall'' is a traditional Christian hymn to give thanks for the new year, dating back to 1713.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Year Is Gone, Beyond Recall |url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/y/e/a/yearigbc.htm |website=hymntime.com |access-date=19 November 2017 |archive-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004184238/http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/y/e/a/yearigbc.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*In English-speaking countries, it is traditional to sing [[Auld Lang Syne]] at midnight on New Year's.