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Spaces speak, are you listening? : experiencing aural architecture / Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blesser, Barry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space perception.
- Auditory perception.
- Architectural acoustics.
- Psychoacoustics.
- Sound--Recording and reproducing--Digital techniques.
- Sound.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (452 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How we experience space by listening: the concepts of aural architecture, with examples ranging from Gothic cathedrals to surround sound home theater.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- A Personal Perspective
- 1 Introduction to Aural Architecture
- 2 Auditory Spatial Awareness
- 3 Aural Spaces 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-404) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-25070-5
- 1-282-09701-6
- 9786612097010
- 0-262-26871-X
- 1-4294-5531-4
- OCLC:
- 84849027
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