Word: carillonneur
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Christmas Sound Spectacular (John Klein, carillonneur; RCA Victor Stereo). It is easy to quibble with the style of this Christmas celebration, but hard to find fault with the sound. There are too many wailing choristers and glutinous strings in the standard selections (White Christmas, Jingle Bells), but the 1,453 bells of the Carillon Americana brazen it out with a clarity and resonance sure to pin any true stereo...
...fastened leather guards over his hands, sat down at the keyboard and started pummeling its projecting levers, stamping on its pedals. Above him in the belfry, 23 tuned bells chimed out a program of folk tunes, hymns, a classical number or two. The annual congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America was in town, and Host Carillonneur Jordan was playing them a welcoming recital...
...famous Muscovite chimes, long a source of pleasure to music lovers and a source of annoyance to late sleepers, have found a new carillonneur, Gordon Campbell, a House tutor from British Columbia, and the melodic chimes may start any day, thanks to the Corporation...