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glockenspiel|ˈglɒkənʃpiːl, -spiːl|
[G., lit. ‘bell-play’.]
1. (See quots.)
1825J. F. Danneley Dict. Music s.v. Carillon, Glockenspiel, in Italian, campanetta, an organ-stop, composed of bells, comprising the upper half of the clavier. 1898Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms (ed. 2) 202/2 Glockenspiel,..an organ stop of two ranks.
2. A musical instrument consisting of a series of small bells or metal bars which are struck with a hammer, or by levers acted upon by a keyboard.
1833–4Carlyle Sart. Res. (1836) i. vii. 46 Some few, of musical turn, have a whole chime of bells (Glockenspiel) fastened there [sc. on their girdles]. 1880Grove Dict. Mus. II. 7/1 The instruments of percussion which give definite notes..are the Kettle Drums.., Glockenspiel (bells used in military bands and occasionally with orchestra), and the Harmonica. 1889G. B. Shaw London Music 1888–89 (1937) 193 In the waltz from Die Meistersinger I heard no glockenspiel. 1892Work 2 July 253/3 The glockenspiel proper consists of a set of eight or more clock bells, mounted on a central spindle, which is inserted in a wooden handle. 1957Auden & Kallman Magic Flute 59 Though Papageno, one is sad to feel, Prefers the juke-box to the glockenspiel. 1970R. Smith Brindle Contemp. Percussion vii. 53 By reason of the brief duration, limited volume and relative indefiniteness of its sounds, the glockenspiel is rarely used to contribute in a decisive way to harmonic structures. |
