Editing Carillon (section)

===Impact of the World Wars===
Because of his concerts, Denyn met [[William Gorham Rice]], an American state and federal government official from [[Albany, New York]], US. Having traveled to [[The Hague]] and been exposed to the carillon, Rice was regularly touring the region to interview carillonneurs for his research. After Denyn's 18&nbsp;August 1913 evening concert, he and Rice exchanged ideas about the societal and educational value of carillon performances for large audiences.{{sfn|Rombouts|2014|p=188}} Rice's book ''Carillons of Belgium and Holland'', the first in the English language written specifically about carillons,{{sfn|Keldermans|Keldermans|1996|p=39}} was published in December 1914 and reprinted three times. The book painted an idealized picture of the region that resonated with the American public, particularly in light of the [[rape of Belgium]].{{sfnm|Rombouts|2014|1pp=197–98|Thorne|2018}} Its success motivated Rice to publish two more books in 1915 and 1925.{{sfn|Rombouts|2014|p=198}} Rice became an authority on carillons in the United States; besides his books, he gave 35 lectures in several cities, published articles in magazines, spoke on radio programs, and presented exhibition material on the subject between 1912 and 1922.{{sfn|Rombouts|2014|p=208}} In 1922, Rice garnered financial support from [[Herbert Hoover]] and [[John D. Rockefeller&nbsp;Jr.]] to establish a carillon school in Mechelen with Denyn as its first director. It was later named the [[Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn"]].{{sfnm|Price|1983|1pp=227–28|Rombouts|2014|2p=208|Gouwens|2013|3p=43}}

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H26751, Hamburg, Glockenlager im Freihafen.jpg|thumb|Broken bells in a {{ill|Bell cemetery|de|Glockenfriedhof|lt=bell cemetery|quote=y}} in [[Hamburg]], Germany, 1947]]

Stephen Thorne of the [[Canadian military history]] magazine ''Legion'' writes that the [[Allied Powers of World War&nbsp;I]] and [[Allied Powers of World War II|of World War&nbsp;II]] saw the destruction of carillons during the respective wars as a "brutal annihilation of a unique democratic music instrument".{{sfn|Thorne|2018}} The destruction was highly publicized among the allies of Belgium and the Netherlands. In the latter war, British investigators claimed Germany seized two thirds of all bells in Belgium and every bell in the Netherlands. Between 1938 and 1945, 175,000 bells were stolen and stored in {{ill|Bell cemetery|de|Glockenfriedhof|lt=bell cemeteries|quote=y}} ({{langx|de|Glockenfriedhöfe|links=no}}). Some 150,000 were sent to foundries and melted down for their copper.{{sfn|Thorne|2018}} Following the war, with the bells out of their towers, E.&nbsp;W. Van&nbsp;Heuven and other [[physicist]]s could research the tonal qualities of bells in laboratory conditions and with modern electrical sound-analyzing equipment.{{sfn|Price|1983|pp=232–35}} [[Percival Price]], Dominion Carillonneur at the [[Peace Tower]],{{sfn|Slater|2003|p=45}} was tasked with [[repatriating]] as many surviving bells as possible. He also used the opportunity to publish similar research.{{sfn|Thorne|2018}} Now, every bellfounder could learn how to cast the highest-quality bells, and the increase in new carillons was greater than ever.{{sfn|Price|1983|p=235}}