Adeste Fidelis
One of my favourite radio programmes asks listeners to send in recordings of bells - church bells, cow bells, hand bells... This morning I sent them a recording of my clock bells.
This photo is a detail of a musical longcase clock made by John Harrison of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in about 1770. It plays 7 tunes on 8 bells. As it is now Advent I sent in a recording of Adeste Fidelis. Rule Britannia and (National) Anthem are fairly obvious. I recognise the Psalm though I don't know which one it is. But I don't know the Dublin Air, Alpine Song or Blue Beard March. They must have been popular jingles in 1770.
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