Why Is It Called a Glockenspiel?
The Instrument Is So Called Because Its Frame Is Shaped Like a Lyre, a Stringed Instrument of Antiquity. What Does the Name Glockenspiel Mean? the Glockenspiel...
The instrument is so called because its frame is shaped like a lyre, a stringed instrument of antiquity.
What does the name glockenspiel mean?
The glockenspiel (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlɔkənˌʃpiːl] or [ˈɡlɔkŋ̍ˌʃpiːl], Glocken: bells and Spiel: Play) is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. ... In music scores the glockenspiel is sometimes designated by the Italian term campanelli.
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Where did the name glockenspiel come from?
The glockenspiel as we know it hails from Germany (meaning "bell play"), although the metallophones evolved together over a period stretching back 300 years, diverging into the gamelan instruments of Bali and Java in southeast Asia and the vibraphone, celesta and glockenspiel in Europe and America.
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