Definition of Carillon. Meaning of Carillon. Synonyms of Carillon

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Definition of Carillon

Carillon
Carillon Car"il*lon, n. [F. carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four bells, as if fr.. (assumed) L. quadrilio, fr. quatuer four.] 1. (Mus.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys. 2. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

Meaning of Carillon from wikipedia

- A carillon (US: /ˈkærəlɒn/ KARR-ə-lon, UK: /kəˈrɪljən/ kə-RIL-yən) is a pitched percussion instrument that is pla**** with a keyboard and consists of at...
- Fort Carillon, presently known as Fort Ticonderoga, was constructed by Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Governor of New France, to protect Lake Champlain...
- Look up carillon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A carillon is a musical instrument of bells in the percussion family. Carillon, the carillon, or le...
- The National Carillon is a large carillon situated on Queen Elizabeth II Island in Lake Burley Griffin, central Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory...
- The Netherlands Carillon is a 127-foot (39-m) tall campanile housing a 53-bell carillon located in Arlington County, Virginia. The instrument and tower...
- The Carillon Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec. It preserves the historic Carillon Canal that was first built...
- Memorial Carillon, the oldest authentic carillon in Colorado. From 1961 through 1999, the Hill Carillon was the only manually pla**** carillon in Colorado...
- The Battle of Carillon, also known as the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga, was fought on July 8, 1758, during the French and Indian War (which was part of the...
- Carillons, musical instruments in the percussion family with at least 23 cast bells and pla**** with a keyboard, are found in Australia and New Zealand...
- Kaunas Carillon (Lithuanian: Kauno kariljonas) is a carillon in the tower of the Vytautas the Great War Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. The carillon officially...