单词 | glockenspiel |
释义 | glockenspieln. 1. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > other stops twenty-secondc1700 vox humana1708 chorus1776 decima1825 glockenspiel1825 unison stop1830 montre1876 pyramidon1876 harmonic stop1880 orage1891 pipe stop1906 1825 J. F. Danneley Encycl. Music at Carillon Glockenspiel, in Italian, campanetta, an organ-stop, composed of bells, comprising the upper half of the clavier. 1898 J. Stainer Stainer & Barrett's Dict. Musical Terms (rev. ed.) 202/2 Glockenspiel,..an organ stop of two ranks. 2. A musical instrument consisting of a series of small bells or metal bars which are struck with a hammer, or by levers acted upon by a keyboard. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > metal bars saron1817 glockenspiel1833 melodicon1876 metallophonea1884 vibraphone1926 vibraharp1930 vibes1940 1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. vii, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 673/1 Some few, of musical turn, have a whole chime of bells (Glockenspiel) fastened there [i.e. on their girdles]. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 7/1 The instruments of percussion which give definite notes..are the Kettle Drums.., Glockenspiel (bells used in military bands and occasionally with orchestra), and the Harmonica. 1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 12 Aug. 3/4 In the waltz from 'Die Meistersinger' I heard no glockenspiel. 1892 Work 2 July 253/3 The glockenspiel proper consists of a set of eight or more clock bells, mounted on a central spindle, which is inserted in a wooden handle. 1905 Daily Chron. 29 June 3/3 A glockenspiel accompaniment. 1957 W. H. Auden & C. Kallman Magic Flute 59 Though Papageno, one is sad to feel, Prefers the juke-box to the glockenspiel. 1970 R. Smith Brindle Contemp. Percussion vii. 53 By reason of the brief duration, limited volume and relative indefiniteness of its sounds, the glockenspiel is rarely used to contribute in a decisive way to harmonic structures. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1825 |
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