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What does tintinnabulation mean?

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Noun
  1. A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
  2. The ringing of bells.
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The playing here instantly suggests ebullience, inspiration, and the threat of permanent tintinnabulation.
Midnight had some time passed when everybody was awakenedbut that graduallyby a tintinnabulation of silvery bells.
Keeping tune, tune, tune To the tintinnabulation of the spoon.
Also the tintinnabulation parts appear in canon and at different speeds.
It is an example of what Mr. Pärt calls tintinnabulation, a slow, introspective style, with the strings playing in a high register, that often evokes the pealing of bells.
The bells were quickly inserted in their ears, and soon the whole village was in tintinnabulation.

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