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Author Jaffe, J. Christopher

Title The acoustics of performance halls : spaces for music from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl / J. Christopher Jaffe ; foreword by Leo L. Beranek.

Imprint New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Female Library  NA2800 J34 2010    Available
Description 208 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A design revolution -- Breaking away -- Where music, acoustics, and architecture meet -- The orchestra platform-the last frontier -- Designing the "shoebox" concert hall -- Musical memory -- Case study : Kennedy Center Concert Hall -- Recital halls -- Case study : Zankel Hall -- New surround style -- Multipurpose performance halls -- Case study : Severance Hall -- Symphonic summer music pavilions -- Case study : Blossom Music Center -- Amphitheaters and mobile symphony stages -- Concert hall shapers -- Case study : Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall -- Cab forward -- Electronic architecture -- Case study : the Concord Pavilion -- Art and architecture : will the twain meet?.
Subject Architectural acoustics
Centers for the performing arts
Music -- Acoustics and physics
Added Title Spaces for music from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl
ISBN 9780393732559 (hardcover)
039373255X (hardcover)