Carillons and Carillon Music in Old Gdańsk / Danuta Popinigis ; translated by Wojciech Bonkowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Popinigis, Danuta, author.

Contributor:

Bońkowski, Wojciech, translator.

Series:

Eastern European studies in musicology ; Volume 13.

Eastern European Studies in Musicology ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carillon music--Poland--Gdańsk--History and criticism.

Carillon music.

Carillons--Poland--Gdańsk--History.

Carillons.

Gdańsk (Poland)--History.

Gdańsk (Poland).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Peter Lang, [2019]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Automatons and instruments, bell founders, setters, and carillonists. The Main Town Hall automatic carillon, 1561-1945 ; The carillons of the church of St. Catherine, 1573?-1942 ; Other carillons in Gdańsk

Musical repertoire. Overview and description of sources for the Main Town Hall automated carillon repertoire ; The specificity of the musical repertoire for the Main Town Hall automated carillon ; Overview and description of sources for the carillon repertoire of the church of St. Catherine ; Structure of the works of Johann Ephraim Eggert

Conclusion

Appendix : Summary of the repertoire of the automatic carillon of the Main Town Hall and church of St. Catherine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783631711040

3631711042

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access