Singing Bronze
Book description
The carillon, the world's largest musical instrument, originated in the sixteenth century when inhabitants of the Low Countries started to produce music on bells in church and city towers. Today, carillon music still fills the soundscape of cities in Belgium and the Netherlands. Since World War I, carillon music has…
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The roots of carillon music are to be found in the Low Countries (today’s Belgium and the Netherlands). Rombouts highlights how the carillon is more than a musical instrument and shows how it is also a symbol of local pride and identity.
The book tells the story of bells in connection with the dramatic history of the Low Countries. It also pays great attention to World War I and the German invasion of Belgium, which triggered the interest in the instrument in the United States and makes his book interesting for an American audience.
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