tintinnabular


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tin·tin·nab·u·lar

 (tĭn′tĭ-năb′yə-lər) also tin·tin·nab·u·lar·y (-lĕr′ē) or tin·tin·nab·u·lous (-ləs)
adj.
Of or relating to bells or the ringing of bells.
[From tintinnabulum.]
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Part writes in a style that he refers to as "tintinnabular," exploring the complexity of overtones existing within a single sound, unraveling the patterns of harmonics implicit in the sound itself.
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Employing Part's tintinnabular style, the piano and violin ascend and descend with small variations, akin to the boundless images produced by two facing mirrors.
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Best known for Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, his musical scores have been pervaded by bell-like sounds since the musical breakthrough to poetic expression called "tintinnabular" style.
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