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The celesta (/ s ɪ ˈ l ɛ s t ə /) or celeste (/ s ɪ ˈ l ɛ s t /), also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five- octave ), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller cabinet, or a large wooden music box (three-octave).
The celestaphone was a musical instrument of the zither family, which was played by pressing spring-levers to cause small hammers to strike the strings of the instrument.. The term celestaphone was also used for a glass-plate xylophone designed by Charles C. Weidman of Ohio State University around the 1930s. [1]
A Foreign Sound is the thirtieth studio album by Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist Caetano Veloso, released on 6 April 2004 on the record label Nonesuch.The recording consists of Veloso's interpolations of songs from the Great American Songbook, including compositions by a variety of writers, ranging from Tin Pan Alley standards by Irving Berlin and Cole Porter to works by David Byrne ...
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 is one of the best-known compositions by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Commissioned by Paul Sacher to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the chamber orchestra Basler Kammerorchester , the score is dated 7 September 1936.
The glasschord was invented circa 1785 [2] by physicist [3] M. Beyer of Paris. [4] [5] It creates sound by using cloth covered wooden hammers to strike glass tubes laid on a cloth strip, with no dampeners.
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Reeves Sound Studios, New York City: Genre: Jazz: Length: 36: 07: ... Rating; AllMusic [2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings ... celesta; Trigger Alpert – bass ...
Melissa "Original Master Recording" vinyl album from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. Studio album ... Professional ratings; Review scores ... celesta (9) David Wolfert ...