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Definition of Carillon
1. Noun. Set of bells hung in a bell tower.
2. Noun. Playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower.
Generic synonyms: Music
Specialized synonyms: Change Ringing
Definition of Carillon
1. n. A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.
Definition of Carillon
1. Noun. A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries. ¹
2. Noun. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carillon
1. to play a set of bells [v -LONNED, -LONNING, -LONS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carillon
Literary usage of Carillon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac, William Marchant, Henry Edward Krehbiel (1903)
"carillon. GLOCKENSPIEL. A series of small bars of steel or bronze, so placed that
they can be struck by a small hammer, and tuned either diatonically or ..."
2. Cours D'histoire Du Canada by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Ferland (1882)
"... de carillon et du fort Duquesne—Prise de Louisbourg, et réduction de l'île de
Saint-Jean—Montcalm et le marquis de Vaudreuil se fortifient à ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1890)
"The Duke of Westminster has a fine carillon cast, at my suggestion, for Eaton
Hall, by Severin van ..."
4. Carillons of Belgium and Holland: Tower Music in the Low Countries by William Gorham Rice (1914)
"GIORGIO GIORGI THE word carillon is hardly used in the land where ... Thus the
name of the carillon is traced to the four diatonic bells which made up the ..."
5. Music and Morals by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1900)
"Le carillon, c'est l'heure inattendue et toile ... carillon " is derived from
the Italian word quad- ..."
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