St. Michael’s Chimes
Although the bells for the chime
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re cast in London, th
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were installed in St.
Michael’s Church in Charleston, SC, in 1764. During the Revolutionary War, the city
was captured by the British and the bells returned to England. After the war, a London
merchant returned the bells to Char leston. In 1823, cr acks were discovered in the
bells and they were returned to England to be recast. During the Civil War, the bells
were sent to Columbia f
or safekeeping, but were damaged in a fire set by Sherman’s
army. After the war, the bells made a third trip to England
fo
r restoration; and were
reinstalled in the St.Michael’s Church steeple in 1867, where the
y remain to this day.
Ave Maria Chimes
In 1825 Franz Schubert wrote seven songs based on the poem, “The Lady of the
Lake,” by Sir Walter Scott. The poem is set in the
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ods of Scotland in the ea
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y
1500’s, where Ellen Douglas lived in hiding. King James V had banished the entire
Douglas clan because Archibald Douglas, Ear l of Angus, had imprisoned the child
king during the ear ly years of his reign. The song was Ellen’s prayer for safety for
herself and her father as they hid in the woods. It has become par t of the standard
repetoire for sopranos under the
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Chime History
Westminster Chimes
Arranged from George Fredrick Handel’s aria, “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth,”
and best known as the chimes of Big Ben, this
fo
ur-bell chime is the most widely
used chime in modern clocks.
Whittington Chimes
These chimes were made famous by a person rather than their location of St. Mary
Le Bow in Cheapside, London. One day, a penniless b
oy
named Dick Whittington
heard them as he ran a
way to escape drudgery as an ill-treated housebo
y. The chimes
seemed to call him back with promises of success. He returned and persisted; later
becoming Lord Mayor of London.
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