Concert Halls and Opera Houses Music, Acoustics, and Architecture
Three appendices supplement the chapters: the first gives definitions of all of the major acoustical and architectural termsand symbols used in the book; the second provides the electro-acoustical data available on the 100 halls; and the third presents in tabular form much of the dimensional and ele...
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2004 |
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Table of Contents:
- One Music and Acoustics
- What Are Good Acoustics?
- Acoustics and the Performers
- Acoustics and Musical Periods
- Acoustics and Listeners
- Two The Language of Musical Acoustics
- Definitions and Explanations of Selected Terms
- Three One Hundred Concert Halls and Opera Houses
- United States
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Denmark
- England
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Scotland
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Venezuela
- Wales
- Four Acoustics of Concert Halls
- Rank-Orderings of Acoustical Quality of 58 Concert Halls Developed from Interviews and Questionnaires
- Reverberation Time: Musicians Preferences
- Architectural Basics
- Physical Measures of Acoustical Quality
- Further Architectural Considerations
- Architectural Design of Chamber Music Halls
- Concluding Remarks
- Five Acoustics of Opera Houses
- Questionnaire Rank-Orderings of Acoustical Quality of 21 Opera Houses
- Objective Measurements of the Acoustical Properties of 23 Opera Houses
- Orchestra Pits
- Appendix 1 Terminology Definitions, and Conversion Factors
- Appendix 2 Acoustical Data for Concert Halls & Opera Houses
- Appendix 3 Equations, Technical Data, and Sound Absorption
- Name Index