The Bells of Russia (eBook)

History and Technology

Edward V. Williams (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2014 | 1. Auflage
298 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5463-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This generously illustrated book records the story of Russia's bells--the thousands of awe inspiring instruments that gave voice to the visual splendors of Russian Orthodoxy and to the political aspirations of the tsars.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Schlagworte: Acta Sanctorum • Anno domini • Basil II • Battle of Kulikovo • Bell • Boris Godunov • Boris Godunov (opera) • Cathedral of Christ the Saviour • Change ringing • Charles XII of Sweden • Church bell • City Duma • City Tower (Trnava) • Civil Engineering • Clock chime • clockmaker • clock tower • Domenico Trezzini • Eight Bells • Eparchy • Fedorovich • Goar • Godunov • Gottfried • grand duke • Henry I of France • Igor Grabar • john moschus • Kashpir Ganusov • Kievan Rus' • Kremlin Arsenal • Kremlin Clock • Latin Church • Liturgical Music • Livonian War • Majesty • Menshikov Tower • Monastery • Mongols • Moscow Kremlin • Moscow State University • Mount Athos • Nea Ekklesia • Nicephorus Gregoras • Novgorod Kremlin • Novgorod veche • Obolensky • Orthros • Osipov • Paganism • Paul of Aleppo • Peter and Paul Fortress • Polotsk • Pskov • Regensburg • Regularis Concordia (Winchester) • Roman tuba • ruble • Russian architecture • Russian Language • russian nobility • russians • Salpinx • Semantron • Shofar • Slavs • Smolensk • Solikamsk • Sophia Cathedral • Southern Russia • Soviet Union • State Historical Museum • Striking clock • The Internationale • Theodore Balsamon • Thuringia • Tokhtamysh • Tsar Bell • Tsar Cannon • Tsardom of Russia • Turret clock • Tutankhamun • tver • Uglich • V. • Vatopedi • veche • Veliky Novgorod • Vladimir the Great • Volkhov River • vologda • voronezh • Vsevolod • watchmaker • World War I • yakov • Yaroslavl • Yaroslav the Wise • Zvenigorod • Zvonnitsa
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5463-6 / 1400854636
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5463-9 / 9781400854639