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Carillon and Bell Culture in the Low Countries - Volume 2, Issue 1, 2023
Volume 2, Issue 1, 2023
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oa Bells in the Western Cape of South-Africa
More LessAuthors: Tertius De Wet, Jef L. Teugels & Pieta Van DeventerAbstract Due to its historical position as the earliest settlement, the Western Cape became the home of many heritage sites, including the home of many bells of historical interest tied to the home countries of its early immigrants. South Africa was fortunate to escape the ravages of the European wars where many bells were lost, and often rare bells are still found in the Western Cape. From 2008 onwards the Read More
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oa Carillons in the Soundscape of Gdańsk1
More LessAbstract From 1561, the chiming of the Main Town Hall automatic carillon bells became a permanent component of the City of Gdańsk soundscape, to which, from 1575, were added the chimes of the St Catherine’s Church tower ‘striking device’ in the Old Town. The first automatic carillon comprised fourteen bells, whereas the other ‘device’ probably had several. It was not until 1738 that St Catherine’s Church acquired a la Read More
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oa Sounds and Silence
More LessAbstract The article explores the changes that Protestant theologians and church officials introduced to bell ringing in the Reformation. They concentrated bell ringing on the announcing of all types of services. They abolished all sorts of bell ringing that they suspected to be magical or Papal. Yet, they couldn’t push through all their reforms because the believers in the parishes resisted, especially in the case of weather r Read More
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oa Over Beiaarden en Mensuren
More LessAbstract For keyboard instruments with strings or organ pipes, the principle of the Pythagorean curve is in most cases not maintained over the entire size of the instrument. The same applies to carillons. Especially at the treble part of carillons, the diameter of bells is larger than according to the Pythagorean curve. Already in the seventeenth century bell founders made special bell designs for treble bells. In Read More
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