BELL RINGING HISTORY/SOUND OF BELLS+33 RPM RECORD/1964.
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THE SOUND OF BELLS
By Edgar C. Shepherd
Published by Record Books – 1964 – First Edition.
With Sound Illustrations on double sided 33 1/3 E/P Record.
Bells were among the first artifacts made by civilized man, and throughout recorded history bells have summoned us, warned us of danger, and been an integral part of our most joyous occasions. Bells have always had an aesthetic appeal, but it was not until the advent of change ringing that they presented an intellectual appeal. Magnificently rung peals have the elegant precision – and sometimes the genius – of brilliant mathematics.
In this book E.C. Shepherd gives us a superbly informed insight into the origins of change ringing and its evolution into the highly organized form in which it exists today. And, for the first time in a book of this kind, it has been possible to provide recordings of different peals from famous cathedrals and from humbler towers. There are also examples of the art of the carilloner and of tune-ringing on handbells – two uses of bells not very familiar in this country.
This scholarly yet eminently readable book will be welcomed by bell-ringing enthusiasts everywhere, whether old hands or novices.
Contents:
Acknowledgements / Foreword
Part One: Bells & Bell Ringing
The Bell and its uses
The Ringing of Bells
The Ringing of Changes
The Playing of Bells
Part Two: The Growth of Change Ringing
The Age of Discovery
The Age of Achievement
Decline and Recovery
The Modern Age
Part Three: The Eye Witness
Part Four: Some Notable Ringing Towers
St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
The Great Bells of Liverpool Cathedral
Bow Bells of London
St. Philips’s Cathedral, Birmingham
St. Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich
The Cathedral of St. Peter, Exeter
St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
The National Cathedral of St. Patrick, Dublin
Notes on the Record.
This 99 page book, with record, is in very good clean condition. There are eight pages of black and white photographs. The dust wrapper is worn and discoloured but has protected the book very well – see scan.
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