Singing Bronze : A History of Carillon Music /

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The carillon, the world's largest musical instrument, originated in the 16th century when inhabitants of the Low Countries started to produce music on bells in church and city towers. Today, carillon music still fills the soundscape of cities in Belgium and the Netherlands. Since the First Worl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rombouts, Luc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Leuven : Lipsius Leuven, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Carillons.
Carillon music.
Bells.
MUSIC > Reference.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Carillon, Musique de > Histoire et critique.
Cloches > Histoire.
Carillons > Histoire.
Carillon music > History and criticism.
Bells > History.
Carillons > History.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The carillon, the world's largest musical instrument, originated in the 16th century when inhabitants of the Low Countries started to produce music on bells in church and city towers. Today, carillon music still fills the soundscape of cities in Belgium and the Netherlands. Since the First World War, carillon music has become popular in the United States, where it adds a spiritual dimension to public parks and university campuses. Singing Bronze opens up the fascinating world of the carillon to the reader. It tells the great stories of European and American carillon history: the quest for the p.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (368 pages).
ISBN:9789461661814

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