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carillon

[ UK /kˈæɹɪlən/ ]
[ US /ˈkɛɹəˌɫɑn/ ]
NOUN
  1. set of bells hung in a bell tower
  2. playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower

How To Use carillon In A Sentence

  • Preceding it, ISU carillonneur Tin-shi Tam will provide music, and cookies and hot chocolate will be served.
  • Students simulating minor injuries told The Carillon it had been an interesting experience.
  • What he saw was the thunder-lights lifting, and the bells pealing an urgent carillon as the glittering gold ship was spotted.
  • Cyril Johnston is credited as the man who rediscovered the art of bell tuning, an art form which had been lost for more than 200 years, and made the name of Gillett and Johnston synonomous with bells and carillons throughout the world.
  • Bronze carillon bells swung in wooden frames and bayed the hour like angry beasts. G'lder
  • There was a revival of interest in both the organ and the carillon; in addition, the region became a centre for music education, and was especially active in the rediscovery of early music.
  • I'd have used "chimed" which is what a carillon normally does. At Swim, One Ambassador
  • Handel makes delicious use of a carillon in the soprano aria ‘Or let the merry bells ring round’.
  • They visited many places of interest during their stay including the magnificent St Colman's Cathedral in Cobh which is constructed in a French Gothic style and has a carillon of 47 bells, one of the largest in these islands.
  • More than a century later, president James Verdin runs a $20-million company that produces clocks, bell and clock towers, glockenspiels, and - in a nod to the 21st century - digital electronic carillons.
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