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Carillons and Carillon Music in Old Gdańsk - Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2019 - 1 electronic resource (438 p.)

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The history of Gdańsk carillons begins in 1561. It was that year that fourteen automatic bells were installed in the Main Town Hall. Later, a "striking mechanism" appeared in St Catherine’s Church. This magnificent instrument, consisting of thirty-five bells, has been in use since 1738. The third carillon was built in 1939 in the youth hostel at Biskupia Górka. The play of Gdańsk carillons was interrupted by the Second World War. The book discusses the history and music of Gdańsk carillons. It contains valuable information on bells, carillon mechanisms, bell founders, carillonists, and bell setters, inviting the reader to study the Protestant repertoire, the unique notation of preserved manuscripts, and the remarkable soundscape of Gdańsk, which for centuries has been marked by the sound of carillons.


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English

b15641 9783653069266 9783631711040 9783631711057 9783631676035

10.3726/b15641 doi


Theory of music & musicology
Music: styles & genres
Musical scores, lyrics & libretti
Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles

Carillon Carillonists carillonowa Carillons Carillony Centrum dawnego Gdańsk Gdańsk carillon tablatures Gdańsk musical culture before 1945 Gdańska Historical carillon repertoire Kultury Music Musical manuscripts muzyka Narodowe Popinigis