Bells are one of the clearest examples of sound organizing social order. The Smithsonian notes that, thousands of years ago, Chinese musicians and foundry technicians made matched sets of bronze bells ...

From “Jingle Bells” to the street-corner bell ringers of the Salvation Army, the sound of the Christmas season is bells. But bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life ...

Concerts and radio stations at this time of year are filled with both Christmas and winter holiday music. It would be impossible to define "Christmas music" beyond the use of specific religious texts ...

Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound in many churches. Yet another centuries-old practice has remained in some ...

Watervliet Mayor Charles Patricelli stands next to the Meneely bell from St. Brigid’s Church next to Broadway which links Watervliet, Menands, Colonie and Albany on Thursday, March 28, 2024 in ...

Three new bells arrived for installation at Notre-Dame on November 7. One of the bells had been used for the Summer Olympics in Paris. Chesnot / Getty Images For the first time in more than five years ...

As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left “a sonic gap” in the landscape. A bell inside the Dom Tower in Utrecht, the ...