On the contrary, three of the terms mean a
keyboard instrument as the single or one possible
meaning.
John
At 5:58 PM -0700 10/7/06, Chuck Israels wrote:
Interesting that celeste is not listed, yet
that's what I always hear in Magic Flute
performances and recordings. Seems OK to my
ears.
Chuck
On Oct 7, 2006, at 4:42 PM, John Howell wrote:
I think it was--or at least the late 18th century equivalent.
I also suspect that the German "Glockenspiel"
can actually refer to different instruments in
translation. It's possible that celesta is one
of them, as well as the mallet-played orchestra
bells. What I grew up calling a Glockenspiel
is more properly a Bell Lyra, which had to be
played one-handed because the other hand had to
support it in its sling, and that's the
instrument that I'd guess was expected in
turn-of-the-20th-century marches rather than
the awkward-to-march-with flat set of orchestra
bells.
OK, I just looked it up in A Practical Guide to
Percussion Terminology" by Russ Girsberger, and
it's just as complicated as I thought it would
be.
Glöckchen: tubular bells; chimes
Glocke: bell
Glocken: chimes
Glockenartig: like a bell; bell-like
Glockenplatten: bell plates
Glockenspiel: Keyboard percussion instrument
with steel or aluminum bars. In printed music,
it may refer to a Bell Lyra, as used in German
military music, or Orchestra Bells, as used in
concert music.
Glockenspiel à clavier: (Fr.) keyboard glockenspiel
Glockenspiel mit tasten: keyboard glockenspiel.
Whew!!!!!
John
At 4:12 PM -0700 10/7/06, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
Was it a celesta?
Dean
At risk of being picayune, the Glockenspiel used in Zauberflöte is a
keyboard instrument somewhat different in sound from the modern,
played-with-mallets, orchestral and band glockenspiel.
DJW
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