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   What does carillon mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! CARILLON meaning: 1. (a tune played on) a set of bells, usually hung in a tower 2. (a tune played on) a set of bells…. Learn more.

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   Where did the carillon come from?

   • The origins of the carillon can be traced to the Low Countries —present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and the French Netherlands —in the 16th century. The modern carillon was invented in 1644 when Jacob van Eyck and the Hemony brothers cast the first tuned carillon.

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   What is a traveling carillon?

   • Traveling or mobile carillons are those which are not housed in a tower. Instead, the bells and playing console are installed on a frame that allows it to be transported. These carillons have to be much lighter than their non-mobile counterparts. [ 146 ] Nora Johnston conceived the idea of a traveling carillon between 1933 and 1938.

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   What was a carillon in medieval times?

   • Women were still in cotton dresses and an ice-cream van, glad of the prolonged season, sounded its carillon as it passed them. He blinked and shook his head, regretting it instantly as it rang like a carillon. a small portable organ with arm-operated bellows popular in medieval times

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   What does a carillon sound like?

   • A sort of carillon sounded brightly. The heavenly, pure carillon rang out again and again, as dusk fell deeper, the singer altering the pitch with each repetition of the song, ringing one lovely change after another. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   Who owns a carillon?

   • Often housed in bell towers, carillons are usually owned by churches, universities, or municipalities. They can include an automatic system through which the time is announced and simple tunes are played throughout the day. Carillons come in many designs, weights, sizes, and sounds.

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   A carillon (US: / ˈkærəlɒn / KARR-ə-lon, UK: / kəˈrɪljən / kə-RIL-yən[2][3]) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 bells. The bells are cast in bronze, hung in fixed suspension, and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniously together.

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   CARILLON definition: 1. (a tune played on) a set of bells, usually hung in a tower 2. (a tune played on) a set of bells…. Learn more.

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   carillon. [kaʀijɔ̃ ] masculine noun. [d’église] bells pluriel. [de pendule] chimes pluriel. [de porte] carillon (électrique) (electric) door chime ⧫ (electric) door bell. Collins French-English Dictionary © by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.

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   noun. 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.

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   What does the noun carillon mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun carillon. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. carillon has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. bell-ringing (late 1700s) music (1800s) Entry status.

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   CARILLON | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of carillon in English. carillon. noun [ C ] us / ˈkær.ə.lɑːn / uk / kəˈrɪl.jən / Add to word list. (a tune played on) a set of bells, usually hung in a tower. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Foreign words & phrases used in English. acciaccatura. adieu. al dente.

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   Carillon, musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze bells in fixed suspension, tuned in chromatic order (i.e., in half steps) and capable of concordant harmony when sounded together. Customarily located in a tower, it is played from a clavier, or keyboard, containing wooden levers.