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CARILLON , an arrangement for playing tunes upon a set of bells by See also:

MECHANICAL

mechanical means. The word is said to be a Fr. See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

LATE

Late See also:

Lat. or Ital. quadriglio, a See also:

SIMPLE

simple See also:

dance measure on four notes or for four persons (Lat. quattuor) ; and is used sometimes for the tune played, sometimes (and more commonly in See also:

England) for the set of bells used in playing it. The earliest See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval attempts at See also:

bell See also:

MUSIC

music, as distinct from See also:

mere See also:

NOISE (a word of doubtful origin; O. Fr. nogse or nose; Prov. nausa, which points to Lat. nausea, sickness, as the origin; others take Lat. noxia, harm, as the source)

noise, seem to have consisted in striking a See also:

ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row of small bells by See also:

hand with a See also:

HAMMER, FRIEDRICH JULIUS (1810-1862)

hammer, and illustrations in See also:

MSS. of the 12th and 13th centuries show this See also:

PROCESS

process on three, four or even eight bells. The introduction of mechanism in the form either of a See also:

BARREL (a word of uncertain origin common to Romance languages; the Celtic forms, as in the Gaelic baraill, are derived from the English)

barrel (see BARREL-See also:

ORGAN

ORGAN) set with pegs or studs and revolving in connexion with the machinery of a See also:

CLOCK

clock, or of a See also:

KEYBOARD, or MANUAL (Fr. clavier; Ger. Klaviatur; Ital. tastatura)

keyboard struck by hand (carillon a clavier), made it possible largely to increase the number of bells and the range of harmonies. In See also:

Belgium, the See also:

home of the carillon the See also:

art of the carillonneur was at one See also:

time brought to See also:

GREAT

great perfection and held in high esteem (see BELL); but even there it is gradually giving way to mechanism. In Englandmanual skill has never been much employed, though keyboards on the See also:

CONTINENTAL

continental See also:

MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model have been introduced, e.g. at the See also:

Manchester See also:

TOWN

town See also:

hall, at See also:

Eaton Hall, and elsewhere; carillon music being mainly confined to hymn tunes at See also:

REGULAR

regular intervals (generally three See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours), or chimes at the hours and intervening quarters. The " See also:

Cambridge " and " See also:

Westminster " chimes are very See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar; and more recently chimes have been composed by See also:

Sir See also:

John Stainer for See also:

FRESHWATER

Freshwater in the Isle of See also:

WIGHT, ISLE OF

Wight (" See also:

TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON

Tennyson" Chimes), and by Sir See also:

Charles See also:

STANFORD, SIR CHARLES VILLIERS (1852– )

Stanford for " See also:

BOW (pronounced " bo ")

Bow Bells " in See also:

LONDON

London.

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