Percussionist Neil Peart of the rock band Rush uses the glockenspiel in several of the band’s arrangements, most notably in the commercial hit songs “The Spirit of Radio” and “Closer to the Heart”, an...Percussionist Neil Peart of the rock band Rush uses the glockenspiel in several of the band’s arrangements, most notably in the commercial hit songs “The Spirit of Radio” and “Closer to the Heart”, and also in album tracks “Xanadu” and “Circumstances.” A keyboard-operated glockenspiel, as played by Danny Federici on such hit songs as “Born to Run” and “Hungry Heart,” is considered part of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s signature style.
During the early medieval period it spread from the Byzantine Empire, where it continued to be used in secular and imperial court music, to Western Europe, where it gradually assumed a prominent place...During the early medieval period it spread from the Byzantine Empire, where it continued to be used in secular and imperial court music, to Western Europe, where it gradually assumed a prominent place in the liturgy of the Catholic Church.
