Spaces Speak, Are You Listening? : Experiencing Aural Architecture.
Title:
Spaces Speak, Are You Listening? : Experiencing Aural Architecture.
Author:
Blesser, Barry.
ISBN:
9780262268714
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (453 pages)
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- A Personal Perspective -- 1 Introduction to Aural Architecture -- 2 Auditory Spatial Awareness -- 3 Aural Spaces from Prehistory to the Present -- 4 Aural Arts and Musical Spaces -- 5 Inventing Virtual Spaces for Music -- 6 Scientific Perspectives on Spatial Acoustics -- 7 Spatial Innovators and Their Private Agendas -- 8 Auditory Spatial Awareness as Evolutionary Artifact -- 9 Concluding Comments -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
How we experience space by listening: the concepts of aural architecture, with examples ranging from Gothic cathedrals to surround sound home theater.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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