Title |
The acoustics of performance halls : spaces for music from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl / J. Christopher Jaffe ; foreword by Leo L. Beranek. |
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Imprint |
New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2010 |
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Female Library
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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
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Centers for the performing arts
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Music -- Acoustics and physics
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Added Title |
Spaces for music from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl |
ISBN |
9780393732559 (hardcover) |
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039373255X (hardcover) |
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