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theaters [buildings] --- concert halls --- screening rooms --- Architecture --- Stage design. Scenography --- Public buildings --- Auditoriums. --- Theaters. --- Auditoriums --- Theaters --- Opera-houses --- Playhouses (Theaters) --- Theatres --- Arts facilities --- Centers for the performing arts --- Music-halls --- Lecture halls --- Lecture theaters --- Buildings

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The first question any lover of classical music usually asks an acoustician is, "Which are the best halls in the world?" The response -the three halls rated highest by world-praised conductors and music critics of the largest newspapers were built in 1870, 1888, and 1900- always prompts the next query: "Why are those so good while many halls built after 1950 seem to be mediocre or failures?" You will find answers to these questions in this book, the result of a half-century's research into the very complex field of acoustics of halls for music. Following the first chapters, which establish a base for understanding the effects of acoustics on composers, performers, and listeners, and guiding the reader to a common vocabulary, the bullz of this book, Chapter 3, contains the write-ups, photographs, drawings, and architectural details on 100 existing halls in 31 countries. Thirty of the halls are completely new. Although the remainder appeared in earlier books by the author, the materials have been updated wherever necessary. The later chapters present the relation of a hall's acoustics to its age, shape, type of seats, and the materials used for the walls and ceiling. The sequence of events that led to Boston Symphony Hall's excellent acoustics, which opened in 1900, is covered in detail-although it went through a troubled first few years because the leading local music critic considered the predecessor hall as better. Detailed discussions also appear for balcony, box, stage, and pit designs. All the known electroacoustical measurements on 100 existing halls are examined and compared with the rank orders of 58 concert halls and 21 opera houses that were obtained from interviews and questionnaires. Finally, the optimal electro-acoustical results are presented for concert halls and opera houses used for today's repertoires. Three appendices supplement the chapters: the first gives definitions of all of the major acoustical and architectural terms and 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 electro-acoustical data for the 100 halls. .

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Acoustics and the Performance of Music connects scientific understandings of acoustics with practical applications to musical performance. Of central importance are the tonal characteristics of musical instruments and the singing voice including detailed representations of directional characteristics. Furthermore, room acoustical concerns related to concert halls and opera houses are considered. Based on this, suggestions are made for musical performance. Included are seating arrangements within the orchestra and adaptations of performance techniques to the performance environment. In the presentation we dispense with complicated mathematical connections and deliberately aim for conceptual explanations accessible to musicians, particularly for conductors. The graphical representations of the directional dependence of sound radiation by musical instruments and the singing voice are unique. Since the first edition was published in 1978, this book has been completely revised and rewritten to include current research. This translation corresponds to the latest (fifth) German edition (2004), which has become a standard reference work for audio engineers and scientists. Acoustics and the Performance of Music addresses issues that are of interest to acousticians, orchestra performers and conductors, audio engineers, architects. Researchers and students of musical acoustics will also find this text valuable.

Acoustical engineering. --- Conducting. --- Harmonic analysis --Congresses. --- Lie algebras --Congresses. --- Lie groups --Congresses. --- Music --Acoustics and physics. --- Music --Performance. --- Theaters --Acoustic properties. --- Music --- Acoustical engineering --- Conducting --- Theaters --- Acoustics & Sound --- Music Philosophy --- Physics --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Acoustics and physics --- Performance --- Acoustic properties --- Acoustics and physics. --- Performance. --- Acoustic properties. --- Opera-houses --- Playhouses (Theaters) --- Theatres --- Acoustic engineering --- Sonic engineering --- Sonics --- Sound engineering --- Sound-waves --- Musical acoustics --- Musical performance --- Performance of music --- Band conducting --- Conducting (Music) --- Music conducting --- Orchestra conducting --- Industrial applications --- Physics. --- Acoustics. --- Engineering Acoustics. --- 517 <061.3> --- 517.9 --- 517.9 Differential equations. Integral equations. Other functional equations. Finite differences. Calculus of variations. Functional analysis --- Differential equations. Integral equations. Other functional equations. Finite differences. Calculus of variations. Functional analysis --- 517 <061.3> Analysis--?<061.3> --- Analysis--?<061.3> --- Harmonic analysis. Fourier analysis --- Ergodic theory. Information theory --- 519.2 --- 519.2 Probability. Mathematical statistics --- Probability. Mathematical statistics --- Engineering --- Arts facilities --- Auditoriums --- Centers for the performing arts --- Music-halls --- Sound --- Monochord --- Harmonic analysis --- Lie algebras --- Lie groups --- Congresses. --- Ergodic theory --- Topological dynamics --- Acoustics in engineering. --- Théorie ergodique --- Théorie ergodique. --- Systèmes dynamiques --- Systèmes dynamiques --- Théorie ergodique --- Analyse harmonique

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In the changing world of interwar Europe a longing for stability rose to the surface of social life. Newly developed neighbourhoods and buildings were designed to create the healing community that many people were dreaming of. Various social groups with nationalist, ideological, or religious agendas made this concept of community a cornerstone in their framework and appropriated it to prescribe the relations between architecture and modernity. This book analyses the various ways in which these relations were determined. Most activists/entities encountered the potentialities of modernity, such as technology or mass media, in an accommodating way. In a broad spectrum of actions and proposals - from art exhibitions to séances, photo reports to roof tiles, landscapes to sanitation - these reformists were hoping to create a universe in which their communal dream could become a reality. The 17 contributions to this richly illustrated volume draw the contours of this new world by analysing its foundations and working mechanisms at its heart.

architectuur --- Architecture --- History of Europe --- architecture [discipline] --- Sociology of environment --- anno 1930-1939 --- anno 1920-1929 --- Architecture and society --- Modern movement (Architecture) --- City planning --- Community development, Urban --- Architecture et société --- Mouvement moderne (Architecture) --- Urbanisme --- Développement communautaire urbain --- History --- Congresses --- Social aspects --- Histoire --- Congrès --- Aspect social --- interbellum --- C3 --- modernisme --- interbellum (x) --- KADOC - Documentatie- en Onderzoekscentrum voor Religie, Cultuur en Samenleving (1977-) --- Academic collection --- Europa --- 72.036 --- 72.01 --- 71.03 --- 72.037 --- Architectuur en gemeenschap ; 1ste helft 20ste eeuw --- Interbellumarchitectuur --- Modernisme --- Architectuur ; modernisme ; Interbellum ; Europa --- Architectuur ; music halls --- Architectuur ; vakantiekoloniehuizen --- Neurath, Otto --- Otlet, Paul --- Modelwoningen ; voor arbeiders --- Torens ; Vlaanderen ; symboolwaarde --- Tuinsteden ; tuinwijken --- 711.3 --- 711.4 --- 911.3 --- 724.91 --- Kunst en cultuur --- 20ste eeuw (architectuur) --- Twintigste eeuw (architectuur) --- Modernisme (architectuur) --- Modernistische architectuur --- Architectuur (theorie) --- Architectuurtheorie --- Stedenbouw (geschiedenis) --- Ruimtelijke ordening (geschiedenis) --- Architectuurgeschiedenis , 1900 - 1950 --- Architectuur ; theorie, filosofie, esthetica --- Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw --- Agrarische planologie --- Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw --- Human geography. Cultural geography --- Arts Architecture 20th century --- 711.4 Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw --- 711.3 Agrarische planologie --- 72.036 Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw --- Architecture et société --- Développement communautaire urbain --- Congrès --- Modernism (Architecture) --- Modernist architecture --- Architecture, Modern --- International style (Architecture) --- Community programs, Urban --- Neighborhood improvement programs --- Urban community development --- Urban economic development --- Sociology, Urban --- Urban policy --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban renewal --- Architecture and sociology --- Society and architecture --- Sociology and architecture --- Citizen participation --- Government policy --- Management --- Human factors --- Communities --- Europe --- 20th century --- Congresses. --- interbellum.