The acoustics of performance halls : spaces for music from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl /
Spaces for music from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl
J. Christopher Jaffe ; foreword by Leo L. Beranek.
- 1st ed.
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.
- 208 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
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Architectural acoustics. Centers for the performing arts. Music--Acoustics and physics.