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Spaces speak, are you listening? : experiencing aural architecture
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Spaces speak, are you listening? : experiencing aural architecture

Author: Barry Blesser; Linda-Ruth Salter
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Barry Blesser; Linda-Ruth Salter
ISBN: 0262026058 9780262026055
OCLC Number: 67392973
Description: xi, 437 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.
Contents: Acknowledgments -- A personal perspective -- 1. Introduction to aural architecture -- 2. Auditory spatial awareness -- 3. Aural space 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.
Responsibility: Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter.
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by bblesser (WorldCat user on 2006-12-29)

Acknowledgements

A Personal Perspective

1 Introduction to Aural Architecture

2 Auditory Spatial Awareness
Introduction to Hearing Space
The Social Components of Aural Architecture
Navigating Space by Listening
Aural Enrichments in Architecture
Application of Spatiality Principles

3 Aural Space from Antiquity to the Present
The Aural Experience of Space as a Cultural Prism
Auditory Awareness as an Extension of Religion
Social Forces Influence Aural Spaces
Industrialization Creates New Aural Attitudes

4 Aural Arts and Musical Spaces
Musical Space as Artistic Abstraction
Enclosures Produce Temporal and Spatial Spreading
Abstract Dimensions and Artistic Concepts

5 Inventing Virtual Spaces for Music
Artistic Dimensions of Space and Location
Artistic Implications of Technical Issues
Art and Engineering Converge in Enveloping Sound

6 Scientific Perspectives on Spatial Acoustics
Evaluating the Experience of Concert Halls
Scientific Models of Enclosed Spaces
Visiting the Inside of Reverberators

7 Innovators and their Private Agendas
Social Values: Goals, Rewards, and Careers
Intellectual Frameworks: Assumptions and Paradigms

8 Spatial Awareness as Evolutionary Artifact
Evolutionary Byproducts Define Modern Man
Hearing as a Means for Navigating and Communicating
Interdependence of Biology, Nature, and Culture

9 Summary and Concluding Comments

Cited References

Index

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