Constructing urban space with sounds and music / Ricciarda Belgiojoso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belgiojoso, Ricciarda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soundscapes (Music)--History and criticism.

Soundscapes (Music).

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Music and architecture.

City sounds.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book aims at drawing the reader's attention to the sound of the urban environment. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it examines a heterogeneous selection of experimentations from the domains of music, art and architecture. Significant case studies of pieces of music, public art works and scientific research in the field of urban planning are analyzed, investigating the methods that have been adopted and the aural processes that have been generated. It then uses the findings to reconstruct the underlying theories and practices and to show what might be drawn from these procedures' application.

Contents:

The art of noises

Is a truck passing by music?

Concrete music

Soundscape

The city is an orchestra

Instruments for transforming noises

Sound sources and resonance

Public spaces set to music

Tuned promenades

Urban sounds, notes of life

Listening to the urban environment

Guide lines for constructing urban space with sound.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781315573656

1315573652

9781317161387

1317161386

9781138245945

1138245941

9781317161370

1317161378

9781472424655

1472424654

OCLC:

1264209355