TY  - BOOK
AU  - Danuta Popinigis
PY  - 2019
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653069266
TI  - Carillons and Carillon Music in Old Gdańsk
DO  - 10.3726/b15641
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1068707
N2  - 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.
KW  - Carillonists, Historical carillon repertoire, Musical manuscripts, Gdańsk musical culture before 1945, Gdańsk carillon tablatures
LA  - English
ER  -