单词 | carillon |
释义 | carillonn. 1. ‘A set of bells so hung and arranged as to be capable of being played upon either by manual action or by machinery’ (Grove). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > set of bells ring1549 chime1550 peal1630 set1771 carillon1774 musical chime1798 1774 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. App. 15 An accurate history of the carillons and church-clock. 1775 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. (ed. 2) 39 Dr. Burney treats all Carillons with sovereign contempt, I confess I was much pleased with these. 1836 Fam. Tour S. Holland 111 A fine set of carillons, which emit pleasing silvery tones. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 377 Adjust to each a little carillon of bells. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church x. 349 There are in the tower of Notre Dame at Antwerp two Carillons..accords or harmonies of four and six notes can be played on them. 2. An air or melody played on the bells. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > on bells peal1513 chime1530 rounda1661 round peala1663 grand-bob1747 carillon1806 Cambridge chimes1850 1806 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) VI Carillons, a species of chimes frequent in the Low Countries, played on a number of bells. 1873 H. W. Longfellow Elizabeth Pref. 81 When ceased the little carillon To herald from its wooden tower The important transit of the hour. 1879 E. Dowden Southey iv. 85 Flanders..where the carillons ripple from old spires. 3. A musical instrument, or appendage to one, to imitate a peal of bells. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > instrument imitating bells carillon1819 1819 A. Rees Cycl. VI Carillon, is likewise the name of a small keyed instrument to imitate a peal of hand bells. 1876 J. Hiles Catech. Organ (1878) x. 98 The Carillon [in the organ] is a series of sonorous steel bars. 1880 C. A. Edwards Organs ii. vi. 68 In Mr. Holmes' organ the echo, the solo, and the carillon are all three commanded from the fourth..clavier. Derivatives carilloˈnneur n. [French.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > percussion player > [noun] > player of chimes chimer1611 carillonneur1772 carilloner1930 1772 C. Burney Present State Mus. 15 The Carillonneur was literally at work, and hard work indeed it must be. 1871 H. R. Haweis Music & Morals iii. iii. 472 The best living carillonneurs. 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 593 As carilloneur his duties were to play..to keep the chimes in tune and to set fresh tunes..on the drum of the carillon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1772 |
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