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	Netherlands Carillon - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Netherlands Carillon at Arlington National Cemetery was a gift from the people of the Netherlands to the people of the United States of America in 1954.
		First installed at a nearby site in 1954, the 49-bell carillon was moved to the present tower (designed by Joost Boks) in 1960.
		The smallest bells represent the youth of the Netherlands.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Netherlands_Carillon (325 words)

	Carillon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carillons originated in the 15th century in the Low Countries of Europe: Belgium, Holland, and Northern France, when bell-makers perfected their art by tuning bells at several points so that they could be sounded together to produce concordant harmonies.
		Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Charles Baird Carillon in the Burton Memorial Tower at the University of Michigan.
		Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Lurie Carillon in the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower at the University of Michigan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carillon (1427 words)

	Carillon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Carillons are normally housed in towers and are among the largest musical instruments in the world.
		Carillons originated in the 15th century in Flanders, when bell-makers perfected their art to the point where bells could be cast with an exact tone.
		The greatest concentration of antique carillons is still found in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the northern regions of France, Germany and Poland, where they were commonly put in place by rich market towns as tokens of civic pride and status.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Carillon.htm (1101 words)

	Encyclopedia: Carillon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A concert carillon has a range of at least four octaves (47 bells), while the carillon with largest range contains 77 bells, or six and a half octaves (Kirk in the Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States).
		The Yale Memorial Carillon (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Harkness Carillon) is a carillon of 54 bells in Harkness Tower at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
		Carillon Historical Park is an open-air museum in Dayton, Ohio, consisting of 25 buildings and structures, that follows the role and impact people from the Miami Valley have had on the world, especially in transportation and technology.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Carillon (5101 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Netherlands Carillon
		The Netherlands Carillion at Arlington National Cemetery in the United States of America, was a gift from the Dutch people following World War II.
		A 50th bell was added in 1995, and dedicated on May 5, the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands.
		The tower is 40 meters tall, with the playing console and observatory about 25 meters from the ground, where thousands of tulips bloom.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ne/Netherlands_Carillon (148 words)

	News: Staff changes at Netherlands Carillon School
		On December 1, 2005, Jacques Maassen, who succeeded in 1984 Leen 't Hart as director of the Netherlands Carillon School, and Bernard Winsemius were the last two teachers of the school to retire.
		He now plays the carillon of Monnickendam, the oldest in the world, and is not only heard frequently in The Netherlands, but was also as a guest recitalist in Austria, Portugal, Japan and the USA.
		Haagen has been awarded several prizes in carillon and organ competitions and is currently chairman of the Music Committee of the Netherlands Carillon Society.
	www.carillon.org /eng/actueel/amersfoort_1.htm (630 words)

	The Netherlands Carillon
		On May 5, 1960, the fifteenth anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands from the Nazis, the carillon was officially dedicated.
		The project, with strong financial support from the Netherlands government, moved ahead with full-speed and the 50th Bell of the Netherlands Carillon was officially dedicated on Friday May 5, 1995, on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands.
		The Netherlands Carillon is located on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River opposite Washington, D.C. and bordering the northern end of Arlington National Cemetery, adjacent to The United States Marine Corps War Memorial.
	www.nps.gov /gwmp/carillon.htm (1173 words)

	Berea College - Public Relations
		Carillon music with harmony in addition to melody and rhythm is made possible by having the larger number of bells.
		The bells were cast and tuned in the Netherlands by Petit and Fritsen Bellfoundry, makers of bells since 1660, and are made of "bell bronze," an alloy of 80% copper and 20% tin.
		Carillon bells are specially tuned at five different points inside the bell, which ensures that each bell is in tune not only within itself, but with all the others in the series.
	www.berea.edu /publicrelations/newsreleases/2000/deicationnr.asp (1074 words)

	ipedia.com: Carillon Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A carillon is a musical instrument composed of a range of bells controlled by a keyboard.
		Carillons originated in the 15th century in Flanders, when bell-makers perfected their art to the point where...
		A 47-bell instrument in the world's tallest carillon tower (125 m), which is part of a Mexican government development bank office complex in the Tlatelolco district.
	www.ipedia.com /carillon.html (543 words)

	Netherlands Carillon
		The 62 bronze bells of the Netherlands Centennial Carillon represent a tradition that dates back to the mid 17th Century.The bells, arranged in chromatic sequence, are actually played much like the strings on a piano.
		A great deal of strength, coodination and stamina is required to play a carillon as the person must be able to use both hands and feet at the same time whilst knowing the correct amount of force for each bell to maintain a fairly harmonous sound.
		The Netherlands Centennial Carillon also contains a special device independant of the main keyboard consisting of a paper roll(much like a player piano) and organ like keyboard connected to a series of large motorized hammers attached to a few bells.
	www.netherlandscarillon.com /bells.html (591 words)

	Longwood Gardens - Carillon
		In 2001 she studied with Bernard Winsemius and Arie Abbenes at The Netherlands Carillon School Amersfoort with a European Socrates scholarship.
		She is currently attending The Netherlands Carillon School Amersfoort, where she is studying with Arie Abbenes and Jacques Maassen to earn a Master of Music in Carillon in 2006.
		In additional to her musical endeavors, Lisa was the project manager and principle grant writer for the Schneider carillon renovation (1999) and has raised thousands of dollars in grant and private donations for various carillon concert programs over the past 25 years.
	www.longwoodgardens.org /Carillon/Carillon11.htm (1320 words)

	Netherlands Carillon
		The tower and carillon were presented to Victoria as a gift in celebration of Canada's Centennial Year and in recognition of Canada's role in the liberation of the Netherlands during World War II.
		The bells for the carillon were cast at the Royal Bell Foundry by Petit and Fritsen In Aarie-Rixtel Netherlands.
		In 1971 the carillon was expanded by 13 bells bringing the total up to 62 bells making it the largest carillon in Canada.
	www.netherlandscarillon.com /history.html (286 words)

	Longwood Gardens - Carillon
		She has performed in internationally acclaimed carillon festivals, as well as for several national congresses of the GCNA, as guest carillonneur for the 2002 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) in Philadelphia, and by invitation at the 1996 World Carillon Congress in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
		Anne Rothfarb, Carillonist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, studied carillon with David Christensen and Margo Halsted and was admitted as a Carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America in 2001.
		Roel Smit was born in 1946, in the ancient bishop's town of Utrecht, situated in the middle of The Netherlands.
	www.longwoodgardens.com /Carillon/Carillon13.htm (4039 words)

	Jacques Maassen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Jacques Maassen (b.1947) is Director of the Netherlands Carillon School at Amersfoort and City Carillonneur of Breda, the town where his grandfather and father were City Carillonneurs (1923 - 1947 and 1946 - 1975).
		Prior to his appointment as Director of the Netherlands Carillon School in 1984, Jacques Maassen was President of the Netherlands Carillon Guild.
		At present at the Netherlands Carillon School, Amersfoort, he is in charge of a major campanological research project focusing on Dutch Automatical Carillon Music in the 19th Century.
	www.msu.edu /user/carillon/jmaassen.htm (311 words)

	Other Carillon and Bell Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Durham, NC: The Allen and Perkins carillon in the Duke University Chapel.
		Nashville, TN: Belmont University Carillon - 2 octave carillon by Petit and Fritsen
		Sewanee, TN: The Leonidas Polk Carillon of the University of the South.
	www.trincoll.edu /orgs/carillon/carillon.html (974 words)

	Carillons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A carillon is a musical instrument composed of at least 23 carillon bells and may have as many as 77 bells arranged in chromatic sequence, so tuned as to produce concordant harmony when many bells are sounded together.
		The carillon is played from a large keyboard containing both manual and pedal keys, similar in design to an organ but much larger.
		A carillon is very sensitive to the touch of the player, and has the largest dynamic range of any acoustical instrument.
	www.eccentrix.com /members/johnketteringham/carillons.htm (433 words)

	Friends of Naperville Carillon: Building the Carillon
		Amid the roar of cannons and the musical strains of the Naperville Municipal Band and the Naperville Men's Glee Club and Festival Chorus, the bells sounded in the first public concert and was greeted by the applause of 15,000 in attendance at the historic event.
		Of six hundred carillons world wide, the Millennium Carillon is one of only four spanning a full six octaves.
		The bronze bells of the Millennium Carillon were cast at the Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry in The Netherlands.
	www.naperville-carillon.org /index.php?id=376 (274 words)

	Netherlands Carillon and Park: Virginia Is For Lovers
		The Netherlands Carillon, a 49-bell tower, is a gift from the Dutch people in gratitude for aid during World War II.
		The largest bell has a diameter of six feet, nine inches and weighs 12,654 pound; the smallest is nine inches in diameter and weighs 37.5 pounds.
		The carillon is tuned to a chromatic scale and covers one note more than four octaves.
	www.virginia.org /site/description.asp?AttrID=29102&MGrp=1&MCat=13&MItm=0&Rgn=10000 (173 words)

	Alfred University : News
		She studied at the Netherlands Carillon School for three months in 2000 and three months in 2001.
		She currently plays the Beaumont Tower Carillon at Michigan State University and is the organist at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Lansing.
		The Wingate Memorial Summer Carillon Series, named for 56-year AU professor of music Dr. Ray Winthrop Wingate (1886-1968), is funded by the Margaret Merrill and Ray W. Wingate Memorial Carillon Foundation.
	www.alfred.edu /pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?ID=1218 (275 words)

	Todd Fair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As a faculty member (from 1984 through 1998) of the Netherlands Carillon School (Utrecht School of the Arts), he presented recitals and workshops wherever the carillon art is found: North America, Europe, Australia and Japan.
		He has received playing awards in France and the Netherlands and was awarded the University of California (Berkeley) Medal in 1988 for distinguished service to the carillon art.
		Todd Fair began his carillon studies in 1967 with Frank P. Law at the Washington Memorial National Carillon at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. In The Netherlands he studied with Leen 't Hart and Peter Bakker.
	www.msu.edu /user/carillon/toddfair.htm (190 words)

	News-Penn State Erie
		He studied carillon with Bernard Winsemius at the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort, receiving a concert diploma and improvisation degree in 1994, and has won prizes at carillon contests in Tilburg, Groningen and Enkhuizen.
		He is also carillonneur of the Millennium Carillon of the Aldegundis Church in Emmerich, Germany.
		His compositions are written in the so-called "New Dutch" romantic style, reflecting influences of Flemish romantic carillon music, and incorporating a broad harmonic vocabulary.
	www.pserie.psu.edu /NewsCal/news2004/june-organandcarillonseries.htm (613 words)

	Carillon
		The series Tower Music is famous in the Netherlands and abroad and has several standard programme sections, such as the tradional Bach concert and the quatre-mains concert (four- handed carillon), played by the city carillonneurs.
		He was co-founder of the Dutch Carillon School at Amersfoort, the first professional training college for carillonneurs in Holland.
		He studied at the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort and in 1986 was awarded the 'Einddiploma Uitvoerend Musicus', with endorsement for improvisation.
	home.wxs.nl /~groe0168/carillon.htm (650 words)

	Netherlands Carillon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Netherlands Carillon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		First installed at a nearby site in 1954, the 49-bell (Set of bells hung in a bell tower) carillon was moved to the present tower (designed by Joost Boks) in 1960.
		The Netherlands Carillon plays (additional info and facts about Westminster Chimes) Westminster Chimes on the hour and plays American patriotic music twice daily.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/netherlands_carillon.htm (323 words)

	GVSU: News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The carillon tower will be open for visitors both during and after the recital.
		Grand Valley's Cook Carillon was installed in October 1994 in the new 110-foot tower that has become a landmark on the Allendale Campus.
		In 2001, Grand Valley's second carillon, the Beckering Family Carillon, was dedicated on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus.
	www.gvsu.edu /news/news_article_print.cfm?ID=10009 (310 words)

	Princeton News - Carillon concert series kicks off 11th season
		She was a featured recitalist at the Festival International de Carillon en Côte d'Or, France in 2001, the 12th International Carillon Festival at Bok Tower Gardens, Lakes Wales, Fla., in 1997 and the 53rd Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America at Princeton University in 1995.
		The carillon was refurbished in 1993 after nearly 25 years of neglect following the 1967 death of the University Bellmaster Arthur Bigelow.
		The carillon program is part of University Chapel Music and is made possible by an endowment established by the Class of 1892.
	www.princeton.edu /pr/news/03/q2/0613-carillon.htm (653 words)

	VAARLING
		Netherlands Carillon Gardens (beside Arlington National Cemetery) Jefferson Davis Highway at U.S.Hwy.50 Arlington, Virginia, USA LL: N 38.88819, W 77.06950
		The National Park Service page about the carillon and its tower is very informative.
		Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
	www.gcna.org /data/VAARLING.HTM (259 words)

	DU \| Lamont School of Music \| Faculty
		In 1977 he was awarded the Final Diploma and in 1979 he won a competition and became the first non-Dutch carillonneur for the City of Amsterdam, which has employed carillonneurs to perform at the prestigious Old Church since 1537.
		In 1984 he joined the faculty of the Netherlands Carillon school and from 1987-1990 he taught at the Scandinavian Carillon School in Copenhagen.
		During this period the new carillon position at the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music was announced, to which Fair was appointed starting September 1, 1999.
	www.du.edu /lamont/fac_history.html (1012 words)

	Carillon Recordings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Carillon (16 bells) de Notre Dame de la Plate de Castres (with organ, poems, gregorian chant, discours de Jean Jaures and the chime)
		The Carillon of the Saint Rombouts Cathedral at Malines
		Carillon of the City Hall and travelling carillon of Douai.
	www.carillon.org.au /usyd/csa/list.html (966 words)

	Reserve Officers Association- US FreedomWalk 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Netherlands Friendship Trail is an “unofficial” trail leading from the Embassy of the Netherlands, through Rock Creek Park to The Netherlands Carillon across the Potomac River into Northern Virginia.
		In 2004, walkers attempting the 32 km trail on Sunday, 24 October will walk The Netherlands Friendship Trail as part of their distance.
		Walkers attempting 21 km distance on that day will go to the Embassy of the Netherlands as part of their walk.
	www.ava.org /clubs/usfreedomwalk/netherlandstrail.htm (116 words)

	Netherlands Centennial Carillon
		By the 16th century, the carillon had become a symbol of prosperity and achievement in Flemish and Dutch towns.
		The Netherlands Centennial Carillon was a gift from British Columbia’s Dutch community to honour Canada’s 100th birthday in 1967.
		It is housed at the top of the tower, which stands 27 metres (90 feet) tall.
	www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca /RBCM_Cult_Pre/Nthrlnd_Crlln_Twr.aspx (163 words)

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