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 listen the Midi file for this fife & drum traditional music tune“fife & drums” MIDI file (a)(b). listen the Midi file for this brass band traditional music tune“brass band” MIDI file (a)(b). listen the Midi file for this traditional music tune“other instruments” MIDI file (a)(b).                         
score of this traditional tunescore: PDF file (a)(b).Lyrics for this traditional folksonglyrics.
You may download MIDI and scores files as a whole from the Download page.
(a)Without any further observation, arrangements and harmonizations by J.-G. Maurandi.
(b) These files and their content are © 2001-2023 Jean-Gabriel Maurandi.
Chimes & knells

1. Chimes & knells
2. Stock of traditional chimes & knells

Chimes & knells

Because they where also part of the traditional “sound landscape”, musical signals giving rhythm in “work and the days”: the angelus and the hours, the festivals and mournings of our ancestors, sometimes pealing the alarm bell to alert them tragic events (fire, war...), guiding the travellers or moving away hail...

Means of communication, civil or religious, and musical instruments, the bell and the bumblebee installed in top of the tower of the church or the belfry, and the small bell of the modest vaults are also true work of art by their decorations in relief. It’s to note that where french langage speaks about carillon (chime) (from quadrillon, precisely indicating a whole of four bells), the nissart employs tirignoùn ou trignoùn (from “three”?, in conformity with the number of bells of our bell-towers in the hinterland).

In the County, no swinging peal of bells, even less revolving peal specific to the wall-bell towers of the Pyrenean South, but simple tinklings, often actuated by a rudimentary system: a simple small cord, attached on a side to the clapper of each bell, held in hand by the bell ringer on the other. Before mechanization and the electrification (joined to the regression of the religious practice) definitively replaces, in top of the bell towers, the art of our bell ringers, here some ringings, witnesses of the sound past of our ancestors and the inventiveness of the traditional chimers.

Stock of traditional chimes & knells

listen the Midi file of this chime score of this chime Trignoù de Balver (chime from Belvédère). Traditional Belvédère, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this knell score of this knell Clar de Berra (knell from Berre). Traditional Berre-les-Alpes, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this chime score of this chime Tirignoùn « De vin, de pan » (chime “Some wine, some bread”). Version edited by Georges Delrieu in the Anthologie de la chanson niçoise (The Song of Nice anthology) published in 1960. Traditional Falicon, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this chime score of this chime Tirignoùn « De vin, de pan » (chime “Some wine, some bread”). Philippe Curti communicates me this version which he collected himself near 1970 beside his father, bellringer in Falicon. Traditional Falicon, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this chime score of this chime Trignoù de Lantousca (chime from Lantosque). Traditional Lantosque, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this chime score of this chime Tirignoun dai amendié flouris (chime of the almond trees in blossom), rang when the procession walks to the chapel Sainte-Claire, at the time where almond trees are in blossom. Georges Delrieu used this theme when composing the chorus of his song Li soun quatre campana. Traditional Lantosque, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this knell score of this knell Clar de Lantousca (knell from Lantosque). Georges Delrieu used this theme when composing the third chorus of his song Li soun quatre campana. Traditional Lantosque, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this chime score of this chime Trignoù de Levens (chime from Levens). Traditional Levens, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this knell score of this knell Clar de Levens (knell from Levens). Traditional Levens, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this chime Tirignoùn dòu Moulinet (chime from The Moulinet). Traditional le Moulinet, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this chime score of this chime Trignoù de Pelasque (chime from Pélasque). Traditional Pélasque, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this chime score of this chime Trignoù de Saorge (chime from Saorge). Traditional Saorge, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this chime score of this chime Trignoù de Tenda (chime from Tende). Traditional Tende, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this chime score of this chime Trignoù d’Utella (chime from Utelle). Traditional Utelle, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this chime score of this chime Trignoù de Venansoun (chime from Venanson). Traditional Venanson, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.


Legend (click icons, on the left side of tunes title, to access to corresponding files):
 listen the Midi file for this fife & drum traditional music tune“fife & drums” MIDI file (a)(b). listen the Midi file for this brass band traditional music tune“brass band” MIDI file (a)(b). listen the Midi file for this traditional music tune“other instruments” MIDI file (a)(b).                         
score of this traditional tunescore: PDF file (a)(b).Lyrics for this traditional folksonglyrics.
You may download MIDI and scores files as a whole from the Download page.
(a)Without any further observation, arrangements and harmonizations by J.-G. Maurandi.
(b) These files and their content are © 2001-2023 Jean-Gabriel Maurandi.

© 2001-2023 Jean-Gabriel Maurandi.


The musical traditions from County of Nice: Music introduction - Cross-over
Popular songs - Animal songs - Racy lovesongs - Work songs
Political, social and satirical songs - Contemporary songs
Carnival tunes - Circumstance tunes - Close couple dances - Characters dances - Farandole - Feasts - Round dances of May
Music for children
Chimes & knells - Sacred & religious music - Christmas carols from County of Nice - Sanctuaries

Brief survey of the traditional musics from the South of France: The Occitany - Limoux’ carnival tunes
The Piedmont - The Provence - Christmas carols from Provence

Other countries


traditional musics county Nice, fife


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