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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A stationary set of chromatically tuned bells in a tower, usually played from a keyboard.
  2. n. A composition written or arranged for these bells.
  3. v. To play a carillon.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A set of stationary bells tuned so as to play regularly composed melodies, and sounded by the action of the hand upon a keyboard or by machinery. It differs from a chime or peal in that the bells are fixed instead of swinging, and are of greater number. The number of bells in a chime or peal never exceeds 12; a carillon often consists of 40 or 50. The carillons of the Netherlands were formerly famous, but the best are now found in England. The carillon of Antwerp cathedral consists of 60 bells; that of Bruges is much larger.
  2. n. A small instrument furnished with bells, properly tuned, and with finger-keys like those of the pianoforte.
  3. n. A simple air adapted to be performed on a set of bells.
  4. n. The rapid ringing of several large bells at the same time, with no attempt to produce a tune or the effect of tolling.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
  2. n. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Mus.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.
  2. n. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. set of bells hung in a bell tower
  2. n. playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower

Etymologies

  1. French, alteration of Old French quarregnon, from Late Latin quaterniō, quaterniōn-, set of four; see quaternion. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “I think the thing with "carillon" is that it is a whole range of different sounds ... each coins strikes a different note as it hits the others ... a chime is surely a single note?”

    At Swim, One Ambassador

  • “It was a carillon, that is, a continued mass of real music, in which whole tunes, songs, and elaborate pieces of such length, mass and harmony, as only a choir of many voices, a band of music, or an orchestra of many performers could produce.”

    Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks

  • “It evolved into what is now known as the carillon - the world's heaviest musical instrument!”

    Culture | guardian.co.uk

  • “Apparently if bells play a recognisable tune, they are different kind of bells and it's called a carillon or something.”

    London SE1 community website

  • “It's a wonderful opportunity to spend an evening together in the park, and also support this carillon, which is a really rare musical treasure," Walker said.”

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  • “The middle part of a large steeple’s tower often contains a carillon, which is a musical instrument composed of at least 23 bells, arranged in chromatic sequence, so tuned as to produce concordant harmony when many bells are sounded together.”

    Archive 2005-07-01

  • “Some, like Denver Botanical Gardens, have a summer concert series; Chicago's has carillon recitals.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Evolution of a Garden

  • “Try one of the suggested walking tours to get an overview of the main sites, stopping to take in one of the regular carillon concerts at St Rumbold's Cathedral.”

    The Guardian: Enjoy an autumn city break in Flanders

  • “While Art Of Noise celebrates the Midlands' cultural heritage of heavy metal, reggae, punk and bhangra, Easterby adapts the numinous aura of the bell-tower carillon to the enchanting possibilities activated by hi-tech electronic sensors set within the primal spookiness of a darkened room.”

    The Guardian: This week's new exhibitions

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