Author: LUC ROMBOUTS
Title: Singing bronze. A history of carillon music
Description: Lipsius Leuven. Paperback. Pp: 370. The fascinating history of bell music.nThe carillon, the world's largest musical instrument, originated in the 16thncentury when inhabitants of the Low Countries started to produce musicnon 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,ncarillon music has become popular in the United States, where it adds anspiritual dimension to public parks and university campuses.n'Singing Bronze' opens up the fascinating world of the carillon to the reader.nIt tells the great stories of European and American carillon history: thenquest for the perfect musical bell, the fate of carillons in times of revoltnand war, the role of patrons such as John D. Rockefeller Jr. and HerbertnHoover in the development of American carillon culture, and the battlenbetween singing bronze and carillon electronics.nRichly illustrated with original photographs and etchings, 'Singing Bronze'ntells how people developed, played, and enjoyed bell music. With this book,na fascinating history that is yet little known is made available for a widenpublic. ISBN: 9789058679567. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9789058679567
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Title: Singing bronze. A history of carillon music
Description: Lipsius Leuven. Paperback. Pp: 370. The fascinating history of bell music.nThe carillon, the world's largest musical instrument, originated in the 16thncentury when inhabitants of the Low Countries started to produce musicnon 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,ncarillon music has become popular in the United States, where it adds anspiritual dimension to public parks and university campuses.n'Singing Bronze' opens up the fascinating world of the carillon to the reader.nIt tells the great stories of European and American carillon history: thenquest for the perfect musical bell, the fate of carillons in times of revoltnand war, the role of patrons such as John D. Rockefeller Jr. and HerbertnHoover in the development of American carillon culture, and the battlenbetween singing bronze and carillon electronics.nRichly illustrated with original photographs and etchings, 'Singing Bronze'ntells how people developed, played, and enjoyed bell music. With this book,na fascinating history that is yet little known is made available for a widenpublic. ISBN: 9789058679567. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9789058679567
Price: EUR 24.50 = appr. US$ 26.63 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 431609
- Book number: 431609
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