carillon

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car·il·lon / ˈkarəˌlän; -lən/ • n. a set of bells in a tower, played using a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism similar to a piano roll. ∎ a tune played on such bells.DERIVATIVES: car·il·lon·neur / ˌkarələˈnər/ n.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

carillon

views updated May 14 2018

carillon (tune played on) a set of bells. XVIII. — F., alt. of OF. car(e)ignon, quarregnon — Rom. *quatriniō, -ōn-, peal of four bells, alt, of quaterniō (see QUATERNION) after late L. trīniō number three, f. trīnus threefold.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

carillon

views updated May 23 2018

carillon.
1. See bell.

2. Org. stop; a mixture of 3 ranks (12th, 17th, 22nd); chiefly in USA.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE

Carillon

views updated May 17 2018

Carillon. Recitation with orch. by Elgar, Op.75, to poem by Belg. writer E. Cammaerts, comp. Nov. 1914 as tribute to Belgium. F.p. London, 7 Dec. 1914. Can be perf. without narrator.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE