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245 10 a| Carillons of Belgium and Holland :b| tower music in the Low Countries /c| by William Gorham Rice ; with thirty-two illustrations.;

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505 0 a| Chapter I. The land of carillons ; Its peculiar attractiveness ; Architectural beauty of towers ; Definition of carillon ; Remarks of Charles Burney, 1773 ; The frontiers of carillon music ; Stevenson ; Scarcity of carillon literature ; Longfellow ; Hugo -- Chapter II. Journals of travellers ; Correr, 1611 ; Giorgi, 1626 ; Garampi, 1764 ; Evelyn, 1641 ; Other writings ; Hemony's book, 1678 ; Fischer, 1737 ; Schaepkens, 1857 ; Haweis, 1875 ; Van der Straeten, 1867-88 ; Gregoir, 1877-79 ; Starmer ; Municipal records and local histories -- Chapter III. Ghent ; The centenary ; The belfry ; The bells ; Principal carillons of Belgium ; Of Holland ; Mechlin ; Methods of play ; Automatic ; By a bell-master ; Connection of keyboard with bells ; Pedal clavier ; Most effective music ; Anecdotes of Ghent -- Chapter IV. Bruges ; Meaning of "belfry" ; Flemish belfries ; Municipal ownership of carillons and bell towers ; Longfellow at Bruges ; His diary ; "Carillon" ; A night in Bruges ; Its transformation ; The carillon now ; "The belfry of Bruges" -- Chapter V. The primitive carillon ; Its development in the sixteenth century ; Municipal clocks ; The "voorslag" ; The "jeu de cloches" ; Increase in number of bells ; Improvement of keyboard and automatic barrel ; A good carillon to-day ; The Denyn improvements ; Important place of carillons in times past ; Brussels ; Mons ; Maastricht ; Ath ; A christening at Mechlin ; A celebration at Bruges ; The twin carillons at Mafra, Portugal -- Chapter VI. Founders ; The Hemonys ; Their contemporaries ; At Zutfen ; At Amsterdam ; Pieter Hemony's letters ; The amount of their work ; The van den Gheyns and the van Aerschodts ; The Dumerys ; The Waghevens ; De Haze ; The Petits ; Fremy ; Witlockx ; Noorden and de Grave ; Derk ; Modern founders ; Old contracts ; Maastricht ; The Hague ; Brussels ; Ath ; Middleburg ; Danzig ; Oudenaarde ; Cost of bell-metal ; Its composition ; Prices of carillons to-day ; Character of bells by various founders ; Tuning -- Chapter VII. The charm of unseen music ; Carillons and the sea ; De Amicis ; Carillons and character ; Music used in automatic play ; Examples of music used now and in the seventeenth century ; Effect of air currents ; The drum ; Method of setting tunes ; The improved cylinder ; Drum play at Mechlin ; Praise and condemnation ; Clavier play ; Decadence and revival ; The music ; Its character ; Where to listen ; Market day music ; Festive concerts ; Description of a keyboard -- Chapter VIII. Carillonneurs and their pay ; Amsterdam ; Pieter Pater ; Pieter Chatelet's contract ; Dirck Scholl ; Pothoff ; Matthias van den Gheyn ; Haverals ; Pay and duties in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; To-day ; Hereditary bell-mastery ; First inspiration ; Kindness of carillonneurs ; A postcard canvass ; Further kindnesses ; Briel ; Schiedam ; Delft ; Tours suggested ; The carillon region ; Mechlin the climax -- Chapter IX. How the Mechlin carillon was got ; Choosing the bell-master ; Mechlin ; Louvain ; Bruges as host ; Mechlin prize competitions, 1897 and 1910 ; Mr. Denyn's playing ; His other activities for the art ; The Denyn festival, 1912 ; The new bell ; The afternoon recital ; The evening recital ; The presentation and speeches ; The carillon school ; The need of it ; What has been done ; Its scope ; Difficulties of practice ; Hope against fear -- Chapter X. A visit to Mechlin, August 18, 1913 ; Appendix A. List of carillons in Holland -- Appendix B. List of carillons in Belgium -- Appendix C. List of carillons in other countries. Austria-Hungary ; Denmark ; France ; Germany ; Great Britain ; Italy ; Luxembourg ; Portugal ; Russia ; Spain ; Sweden ; United States of America -- Appendix D. Lists of bells in carillon at Mechlin ; Carillon at Ghent ; Peal of Exeter cathedral ; Chime of Cornell University -- Appendix E. Report of the jury at the Mechlin prize competition in 1910 -- Appendix F. English bells and change ringing ; Other notes.;

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Carillons of Belgium and Holland : tower music in the Low Countries / by William Gorham Rice ; with thirty-two illustrations.

Author/creator	Rice, William Gorham
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : John Lane Company; London : John Lane, [1915, ©1914]
Description	232 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subjects	Chimes. Spires. Towers. Belgium--Description and travel. Netherlands--Description and travel.

Contents	Chapter I. The land of carillons ; Its peculiar attractiveness ; Architectural beauty of towers ; Definition of carillon ; Remarks of Charles Burney, 1773 ; The frontiers of carillon music ; Stevenson ; Scarcity of carillon literature ; Longfellow ; Hugo -- Chapter II. Journals of travellers ; Correr, 1611 ; Giorgi, 1626 ; Garampi, 1764 ; Evelyn, 1641 ; Other writings ; Hemony's book, 1678 ; Fischer, 1737 ; Schaepkens, 1857 ; Haweis, 1875 ; Van der Straeten, 1867-88 ; Gregoir, 1877-79 ; Starmer ; Municipal records and local histories -- Chapter III. Ghent ; The centenary ; The belfry ; The bells ; Principal carillons of Belgium ; Of Holland ; Mechlin ; Methods of play ; Automatic ; By a bell-master ; Connection of keyboard with bells ; Pedal clavier ; Most effective music ; Anecdotes of Ghent -- Chapter IV. Bruges ; Meaning of "belfry" ; Flemish belfries ; Municipal ownership of carillons and bell towers ; Longfellow at Bruges ; His diary ; "Carillon" ; A night in Bruges ; Its transformation ; The carillon now ; "The belfry of Bruges" -- Chapter V. The primitive carillon ; Its development in the sixteenth century ; Municipal clocks ; The "voorslag" ; The "jeu de cloches" ; Increase in number of bells ; Improvement of keyboard and automatic barrel ; A good carillon to-day ; The Denyn improvements ; Important place of carillons in times past ; Brussels ; Mons ; Maastricht ; Ath ; A christening at Mechlin ; A celebration at Bruges ; The twin carillons at Mafra, Portugal -- Chapter VI. Founders ; The Hemonys ; Their contemporaries ; At Zutfen ; At Amsterdam ; Pieter Hemony's letters ; The amount of their work ; The van den Gheyns and the van Aerschodts ; The Dumerys ; The Waghevens ; De Haze ; The Petits ; Fremy ; Witlockx ; Noorden and de Grave ; Derk ; Modern founders ; Old contracts ; Maastricht ; The Hague ; Brussels ; Ath ; Middleburg ; Danzig ; Oudenaarde ; Cost of bell-metal ; Its composition ; Prices of carillons to-day ; Character of bells by various founders ; Tuning -- Chapter VII. The charm of unseen music ; Carillons and the sea ; De Amicis ; Carillons and character ; Music used in automatic play ; Examples of music used now and in the seventeenth century ; Effect of air currents ; The drum ; Method of setting tunes ; The improved cylinder ; Drum play at Mechlin ; Praise and condemnation ; Clavier play ; Decadence and revival ; The music ; Its character ; Where to listen ; Market day music ; Festive concerts ; Description of a keyboard -- Chapter VIII. Carillonneurs and their pay ; Amsterdam ; Pieter Pater ; Pieter Chatelet's contract ; Dirck Scholl ; Pothoff ; Matthias van den Gheyn ; Haverals ; Pay and duties in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; To-day ; Hereditary bell-mastery ; First inspiration ; Kindness of carillonneurs ; A postcard canvass ; Further kindnesses ; Briel ; Schiedam ; Delft ; Tours suggested ; The carillon region ; Mechlin the climax -- Chapter IX. How the Mechlin carillon was got ; Choosing the bell-master ; Mechlin ; Louvain ; Bruges as host ; Mechlin prize competitions, 1897 and 1910 ; Mr. Denyn's playing ; His other activities for the art ; The Denyn festival, 1912 ; The new bell ; The afternoon recital ; The evening recital ; The presentation and speeches ; The carillon school ; The need of it ; What has been done ; Its scope ; Difficulties of practice ; Hope against fear -- Chapter X. A visit to Mechlin, August 18, 1913 ; Appendix A. List of carillons in Holland -- Appendix B. List of carillons in Belgium -- Appendix C. List of carillons in other countries. Austria-Hungary ; Denmark ; France ; Germany ; Great Britain ; Italy ; Luxembourg ; Portugal ; Russia ; Spain ; Sweden ; United States of America -- Appendix D. Lists of bells in carillon at Mechlin ; Carillon at Ghent ; Peal of Exeter cathedral ; Chime of Cornell University -- Appendix E. Report of the jury at the Mechlin prize competition in 1910 -- Appendix F. English bells and change ringing ; Other notes.
Other title	Tower music in the Low countries.
LCCN	14022629

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