JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Crusader-era bells and organ pipes from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem are inspiring researchers' efforts to re-create music as it may have sounded in the birthplace of ...

Heidelberg Union Church bell players perform their holiday special, ‘Silver Bells,’ on Sunday at St. James United Church of Christ, Allentown. Lawrence Bauer (foreground) chimes in on the large brass ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The bells of Christmas will be ringing early Friday, but only two of Denver’s greats are still regularly rung the medieval way. At two of the city’s ...

The mighty organ is a powerful instrument that can shake, rattle and roll listeners with complex fugues, virtuosic toccatas and thundering chorales. On Christmas Day, many are in a more restful mood ...

Mid-13th century Crusaders buried the 13 bronze bells near the church on the eve of a Muslim offensive, slathering them in animal fat to protect them from rust Crusader-era bells and organ pipes from ...

BELLS from the 12th Century that researchers say used to play music inside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity and were hidden by Crusaders, are displayed in Jerusalem, Dec. 14. — REUTERS/AMIR COHEN ...