Carillons and Carillon Music in Old Gdask

The history of Gdask carillons begins in 1561. It was that year that fourteen automatic bells were installed in the Main Town Hall. Later, a "striking mechanism" appeared in St Catherines Church. This magnificent instrument, consisting of thirty-five bells, has been in use since 1738. The third carillon was built in 1939 in the youth hostel at Biskupia Grka. The play of Gdask carillons was interrupted by the Second World War. The book discusses the history and music of Gdask carillons. It contains valuable information on bells, carillon mechanisms, bell founders, carillonists, and bell setters, inviting the reader to study the Protestant repertoire, the unique notation of preserved manuscripts, and the remarkable soundscape of Gdask, which for centuries has been marked by the sound of carillons.