UP Carillon Tower
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On August 1, 1952, the Carillon "was dedicated as a memorial to the spirit of the UP Alumni, living and dead." Renamed in August 25, 1997 into the Andres Bonifacio Centennial Carillon Tower on his 100th birthday, this 130-foot 46-bell tower was built in 1952 at a cost of some P200,000, the Carillon has serenaded generations of UP students, teachers, employees, and campus residents with its sweet cascade of chimes, rising above the early morning mist and attending the fall of twilight. From UP Beloved and Planting Rice to the Beatles tunes and The lnternationale of later years. When it played, the Carillon charmed us without the boisterousness of a brass band or the self-absorbed intensity of a piano; its delight lay precisely in its distance. It was a soothing voice over your shoulder, a scattering of happy notes in the vagrant wind. The Carillon could be heard in all corners of the campus, from classroom to laboratory to janitorial closet. It was solace democratized. The Bells were forged by the famous Van Bergen Company of Heiligerlee, Netherlands, made of bronze, tuned to the chromatic scale, at semi-tone intervals, the largest bell weighs five tons. Helping to install them was Dutch carilloneur and music professor Adrian Antonisse. It was inaugurated in 1952 with the bells pealing the UP Beloved across the campus, graced by President Elpidio Quirino. Architect: Juan Felipe de Jesus Nakpil (Taken from http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/d etails?mid=82924d3e54b75dcfab227ea49df88 42e)
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It must have been something to hear.
said success2020
I should like to hear it!
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