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by seanhunter 1177 days ago
If you like bells, a couple of pieces of amazing 20C music might appeal.

Firstly, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem uses bells prominently and to great emotional effect in the first movement, which presages a line in the next movement "What passing bells for these who die as cattle?"[1]. Arvo Part then referred to this by using bells beautifully in his "Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten"[2]. In fact bells (and the concept of "Tintinnabulation") form a major part of Part's musical language, most famously "Tabula Rasa"[3] which uses prepared piano to make bell-like sounds as well as employing tintinnabuli in the string parts.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJwaF1Kb_i8&list=PLntD4v5IQm...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp2oxWdRMuk

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSSv_JEZwdo&list=PLZgDvxgjzg...