Bells and their music : with a recording of bell sounds / Wendell Wescott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westcott, Wendell, 1911-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bells.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

99 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 audio disc (analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 7 in.)

7 in.

Place of Publication:

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1970]

System Details:

33 1/3 rpm

microgroove

Summary:

Examines the traditional uses of bells as signals, proclamations, and time measurements, and describes how they are made.

Contents:

1. Bells of the Orient

2. Church bells of the early Christian era

3. Bells during the Renaissance : Ten largest carillons of North America

4. The musical bell

5. The acoustics of bells : Table of comparative tunings ; Diagram of historic tunings of bells ; Table of bell diameters of ascending octaves

6. Other ringing materials

7. Carillon art in the low countries : Table of weights and diameters of carillon bells of two founders ; Table of weights and diameters of bells for change ringing.

Contents of accompanying sound recording: Erfurt Cathedral

Rees Memorial Carillon

Carillon at Nieuwe Kerk

Spartan Bell Ringers

Glockenspiel at Town Hall, Salzburg, Austria

Bells at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican

Bourdon bell

Big Ben

English handbells

Bow bells of London

St. Pauls Cathedral, London

Lutine bell at Lloyd's of London

Glockenspiel at Meissen, Germany

Great bell, Kyoto, Japan

Shinnyo-do bell, Kyoto, Japan

Mingun bell, Burma

Thirteen-bell zvon, Rostov Veliki, Russia.

Notes:

Accompanying disc is a soundsheet. Details of the recording on page 112.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Westcott, Wendell. Bells and their music.

OCLC:

88050