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bells and bell-ringing — Bells hung high in the towers of churches are rung to announce church services. In Britain the sound of church bells from a belfry is associated with Sunday mornings and with weddings. Bells throughout the country may also be rung at times of… … Universalium
Carillon — A carillon (IPA|/kaʁijɔ̃/, IPA|/ˈkærɪljɒn/ or IPA|/kəˈrɪljən/) is a musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze cup shaped bells which are played one after the other (to play a melody) or sounded together (to play a chord). A… … Wikipedia
carillon — /kar euh lon , leuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /keuh ril yeuhn/, n. 1. a set of stationary bells hung in a tower and sounded by manual or pedal action, or by machinery. 2. a set of horizontal metal plates, struck by hammers, used in the modern orchestra.… … Universalium
Carillon — Car il*lon, n. [F. carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four bells, as if fr.. (assumed) L. quadrilio, fr. quatuer four.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Mus.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
carillon — [kar′ə län΄; ] occas. [, kə ril′yən] n. [Fr, chime of bells (orig. composed of four) < OFr carrignon < LL quaternio: see QUATERNARY] 1. a set of stationary bells, each producing a different musical tone, now usually sounded by means of a… … English World dictionary
Carillon Tubulaire — Un carillon tubulaire Le carillon tubulaire aussi appelé cloche tubulaire ou cloches d orchestre, de l anglais tubular bell est un instrument de musique idiophone de la famille des percussions. Il est constitué d une série de cloches. Chaque… … Wikipédia en Français
Carillon (Elgar) — ”Carillon” is a recitation with orchestral accompaniment written by the English composer Edward Elgar as his Op. 75, in 1914. The words are by the Belgian poet Émile Cammaerts .It was first performed in the Queen s Hall, London, on December 7th… … Wikipedia
carillon — ► NOUN ▪ a set of bells sounded from a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism. ORIGIN French, from Old French quarregnon peal of four bells , from Latin quattuor four … English terms dictionary
carillon — 1775, from Fr. carillon, from O.Fr. carignon set of four bells, from L. quaternionem set of four, from quater four times, from PIE *kwetrus, from root *kwetwer four (see FOUR (Cf. four)) … Etymology dictionary
carillon — meaning a set of bells, has various pronunciations in the OED and its derivative dictionaries. The dominant one is probably kǝ ril yǝn, although kar il yǝn is also given. A French pronunciation, more common in the 19c, is now hardly heard … Modern English usage
