Singing Bronze (Leuven University Press)

The fascinating history of bell music.The carillon, the world's largest musical instrument, originated in the 16thcentury when inhabitants of the Low Countries started to produce musicon bells in church and city towers.

Today, carillon music still fills the soundscape of cities in Belgium and the Netherlands. Since the First World War,carillon music has become popular in the United States, where it adds aspiritual dimension to public parks and university campuses.'Singing Bronze' opens up the fascinating world of the carillon to the reader.It tells the great stories of European and American carillon history: thequest for the perfect musical bell, the fate of carillons in times of revoltand war, the role of patrons such as John D.

Rockefeller Jr. And HerbertHoover in the development of American carillon culture, and the battlebetween singing bronze and carillon electronics.Richly illustrated with original photographs and etchings, 'Singing Bronze'tells how people developed, played, and enjoyed bell music.

With this book,a fascinating history that is yet little known is made available for a widepublic.