Spaces speak, are you listening? : experiencing aural architecture

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

How we experience space by listening: the concepts of aural architecture, with examples ranging from Gothic cathedrals to surround sound home theater.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blesser, Barry
Other Authors: Salter, Linda-Ruth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Space perception.
Auditory perception.
Architectural acoustics.
Psychoacoustics.
Sound > Recording and reproducing > Digital techniques.
Space Perception
Auditory Perception
Psychoacoustics
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • A personal perspective
  • Introduction to aural architecture
  • Auditory spatial awareness
  • Aural spaces from prehistory to the present
  • Aural arts and musical spaces
  • Inventing virtual spaces for music
  • Scientific perspectives on spatial acoustics
  • Spatial innovators and their private agendas
  • Auditory spatial awareness as evolutionary artifact.

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