Last time's tune was
Tinnias tintinnabulum mea, which is the pre-Disco era (i.e. ancient Roman) way of saying
Ring My Bell, the tune by
Anita Ward.
My MySpace friends
Amy and
Brandon got it right (within a few minutes of each other). Also, Joseph got it right. Who's Joseph? He's the director of the handbell choirs at Christ Church Cranbrook, where the rehearsal was where everyone but me knew this tune. He has a Doctor of Fine Arts in bell ringing or something. Here's a video of him playing the carillon:
Now it's time for another TV theme. This came up in a conversation recently about geography. The first line of this TV theme has been translated (to the best of my ability) to Latin, and set to Gregorian chant notation. Have a look at the Compline event page by following the link below, and see if you can ...
NAME THAT TUNE!
As always, feel free to contact me with corrections to my Latin or chant notation. Extra credit if you can tell me the episode that came to mind while talking about geography!