List of carillons

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For a general overview of musical bell instruments, See Campanology
For the description and history of the carillons listed hereunder, See Carillon

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Traditional carillons, non-traditional carillons, and pseudo-carillons – each per continent and country in an (often incomplete) alphabetical list by location.

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[edit] Traditional carillons

(carillons as defined by the World Carillon Federation[1] and by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America[2], played from a baton keyboard)

[edit] Asia

[edit] Israel

[edit] Japan

  • Itami, Hyogo: 'The Bells of Flanders', 43 bells.
  • Sasebo, Nagasaki: Carillon Symphonica in the 'Huis ten Bosch', 37 bells.
  • Shigaraki, Shiga: 'The Joy of Angels' at Misono, the international headquarters and spiritual centre of the Shinji Shumeikai organisation, 50 bells.

[edit] Philippines

[edit] South Korea

  • Daejeon: Carillon at Hyechon College, 77 bells by Petit & Fritsen linked to the keyboard. Largest carillon in the world in terms of number of bells, aside with one in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA. The Hyechon Tower's nearly 11.0 t 78th bell only strikes the hour.

[edit] Europe

[edit] Belgium

Assumedly complete list. Format: municipality (village), region: building, carillon name and/or unusual features, # bells – total bell weight in tonnes (lightest / heaviest in kg) – foundry year-oldest/year-youngest, foundry2 year-oldest/year-youngest – external link to the carillon

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

Incomplete list. Format: municipality (village), federal state: building, carillon name and/or unusual features, # bells – total bell weight in tonnes (lightest / heaviest in kg) – foundry year-oldest/year-youngest, foundry2 year-oldest/year-youngest – external link to the carillon

[edit] Ireland

[edit] Italy

  • Rome: St. Paul's Within the Walls, 23 bells.

[edit] Lithuania

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] Poland

  • Gdańsk: St. Catherine church. 49 bells.
  • Gdańsk: Main Town Hall. 37 bells.

[edit] Portugal

  • Mafra: In royal palace. 2 carillons totaling 114 bells.
  • Porto: Tower of Clerigos. 49 bells.
  • Leiria: Tower of cathedral. 23 bells.
  • Alverca: Church. 72 bells.

[edit] Serbia

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] North America

[edit] Canada

Carillon. Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Retrieved on June 03, 2005.

[edit] Mexico

  • Mexico City, D.F.: The Banobras Carillon. 47 bells, in the world's tallest carillon tower (125 m), which is part of the old headquarters of the Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos) in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood. [20]

[edit] United States

[edit] Eastern United States

[edit] Central United States
Rees Memorial CarillonSpringfield, Illinois
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Rees Memorial Carillon
Springfield, Illinois
University of Wisconsin Carillon Tower, Madison
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University of Wisconsin Carillon Tower, Madison

[edit] Western United States

[edit] South America

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Australia

[edit] New Zealand

  • Wellington: The National War Memorial Carillon. 74 Bells.

[edit] Traveling

Only about a dozen carillons world-wide are intended to perform at several locations, or even while being driven around.

[edit] Belgium

[edit] United States

  • Cast in Bronze: 35 bells. Frank DellaPenna is the founder of this traveling carillon, the only one in the United States. [47]

[edit] Non-traditional carillons

(instruments with bells defined as non-traditional carillons by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America[6], played from an electric keyboard or by any automatic mechanism)

[edit] Asia

[edit] Europe

[edit] North America

[edit] United States

[edit] Eastern United States

[edit] Central United States

[edit] Western United States

[edit] South America

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Australia

[edit] Pseudo-carillons

(instruments that sound like a carillon but fall outside the definitions of a carillon by the World Carillon Federation and by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America[7])

  • Some modern instruments (such as some made by Schulmerich) use semantra (rectangular metal bars roughly the diameter of a pencil but of varying lengths) struck by an electric solenoid. The resulting sound feeds through an electronic amplifier into audio speakers. Though sometimes called 'carillon' as well, these do not conform to the definitions given by the World Carillon Federation or the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America.
  • Acoustics of Bell Plates, guide to bell plate acoustics written by Joe Wolfe from the music acoustics group at the University of New South Wales.

[edit] Asia

[edit] Europe

[edit] North America

[edit] United States

  • Manhattan, Kansas: The Anderson Hall tower on the campus of Kansas State University features a 98-bell instrument capable of producing 270 bell sounds. (Schulmerion Americana Bells by Schulmerich) [51]
  • Stone Mountain, Georgia: Instrument relocated at Stone Mountain Park, from its two year stint at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. Miniature bell-tone rods and amplification produces 732 bell sounds.

[edit] South America

[edit] Oceania

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ The World Carillon Federation fixes the definition of a carillon as follows: "A carillon is a musical instrument composed of tuned bronze bells which are played from a baton keyboard. Only those carillons having at least 23 bells will be taken into consideration".
  2. ^ The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) defines a carillon as "a musical instrument consisting of at least two octaves of carillon bells arranged in chromatic series and played from a keyboard permitting control of expression through variation of touch. A carillon bell is a cast bronze cup-shaped bell whose partial tones are in such harmonious relationship to each other as to permit many such bells to be sounded together in varied chords with harmonious and concordant effect." The GCNA's Co-Webmaster defines a "traditional carillon" as one played from a traditional baton keyboard.
  3. ^ www.upcarillon.org by the University of the Philippines Alumni Association. The tower and its carillon are in a bad state, restoration by 2008 planned. (This traditional carillon is not mentioned on the World Carillon Federation website, viewed 22 Sep 2006.)
  4. ^ a b This carillon or its keyboard might not be in fully working order.
  5. ^ Guild of Carillonneurs in North America: The Carillon as a Musical Instrument
  6. ^ The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) defines a carillon as "a musical instrument consisting of at least two octaves of carillon bells arranged in chromatic series and played from a keyboard permitting control of expression through variation of touch. A carillon bell is a cast bronze cup-shaped bell whose partial tones are in such harmonious relationship to each other as to permit many such bells to be sounded together in varied chords with harmonious and concordant effect." The GCNA's Co-Webmaster defines a "non-traditional carillon" as a musical instrument with bells, but played by any mechanism other than a baton keyboard.
  7. ^ The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) defines a carillon as "a musical instrument consisting of at least two octaves of carillon bells arranged in chromatic series and played from a keyboard permitting control of expression through variation of touch. A carillon bell is a cast bronze cup-shaped bell whose partial tones are in such harmonious relationship to each other as to permit many such bells to be sounded together in varied chords with harmonious and concordant effect." The GCNA's Co-Webmaster defines a "traditional carillon" as one played from a traditional baton keyboard, and a "non-traditional carillon" as a musical instrument with bells but played from an electric keyboard or by any automatic method. Anything else is not a carillon according to the GCNA – and definitively not a carillon according to the World Carillon Federation.