Re: [tuning] ENVIRONMENTAL MUSIC

Haresh BAKSHI wrote:

> Hello all, Some of us may be interested in the following information
> which I gathered from
>
> www.shagmail.com
> GIZMORAMA - ENVIRONMENTAL MUSIC 10/23
>
> ..........................
> Bell music was widely employed in Europe and elsewhere for a
> thousand or more years as a source of inspiration and, on occasion,
> alert. Our story today brings out the bells. A carillon is a
> collection of tuned bells arranged so they may be played as if they
> were the strings of some piano or organ. The bells are hung in a
> stationary manner and the clappers are connected to a mechanical
> keyboard played with fists and feet. Expert playing requires musical
> dexterity, strength and endurance -- an art form that is rarely seen
> and slowly but surely disappearing from the planet. The bells and the
> mechanism to play the bells often weigh several tons and are normally
> stashed away in some bell tower to be heard and not seen. We were
> recently treated to a wonderful performance in the open air and at
> ground level of a carillon at the Texas Renaissance Festival. The
> act, called "Cast in Bronze" was inspirational. castinbronze.com will
> give you some additional information.
> ................
>
> Regards,
> Haresh.

Bell ringing is alive and well in the UK, especially England where it is something of an esoteric
cult. Composers might like to look at some of the patterns and notations used by bellringers. VERY
funky.

Kind Regards

>

--- In tuning@y..., Alison Monteith <alison.monteith3@w...> wrote:

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> Bell ringing is alive and well in the UK, especially England where
it is something of an esoteric
> cult. Composers might like to look at some of the patterns and
notations used by bellringers. VERY
> funky.
>

The co-director of our composers group, Patrick Hardish, is a bell
ringing fetishist... He's really into it.

Actually, it turns out to be almost as numerical/mathematical as
genewardsmith's posts!

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