The sound of bells in 1170
hazelbasford@SDVFDSGjXobXvFkSbfbmQpBdMwtySjLKWm0iRB56HfM1e5RlZ44OWb95rWLAYToCx4u52dWxVXEg37NsFw.yahoo.invalid
hazel at R-ZMY9vMzjL1jGJYghJl2IH9FF1qnv3Uc7f5ey9ODgHqWRyatxU2xEz0Re6Gu1M5t-WCaUYpKCbpjQ.yahoo.invalid
Thu Nov 5 16:34:10 GMT 2009
An enquiry has been passed to me via the Canterbury Cathedral website -
-----
I am directing a production of Murder in the Cathedral in Truro Cathedral in March 2010 following a successful production in Veryan Church this spring. I want to open with bells I have copied the following from your website. Do you have a recording of what the bells may have sounded like in 1170?
"Fifty years later (c. 1160) Prior Wybert added a sixth bell that required the services of no less than 32 ringers indicative, probably, of the fact that these bells were swung by treading beams fastened horizontally to the headstock. Following the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170, contemporary writers record that these bells remained silent for a year, along with the general desecration of the church prior to its reconciliation by Pope Alexander III."
-----
So, are there any recordings of bells that might be thought to sound remotely like this?
More information about the Bell-historians
mailing list