Buildings for music : the architect, the musician, and the listener from the seventeenth century to the present day / Michael Forsyth.

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Forsyth, Michael, 1951-

Title & Author:

Buildings for music : the architect, the musician, and the listener from the seventeenth century to the present day / Michael Forsyth.

Publication:

Description:

371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-356) and index.
Theme and variations -- Patrons, pleasure gardens, and the early musick room -- The development of the opera house -- Music on the grand scale -- Garnier versus Wagner -- The shoe box and other symphony halls -- Science and the auditorium -- The hi-fi concert hall -- Toward the future: a new context for music -- Appendix: chronological table of concert halls and opera houses -- Notes -- Select bibliography.

ISBN:

0262060892
9780262060899
0521268621
9780521268622
9780262561877 (pbk.)
0262561875

Subject:

Music and architecture.
Music Acoustics and physics.
Musique et architecture.
Musique Acoustique et physique.
Bouwkunst.
Muziek.
Concertgebouwen.
Acústica musical.
Acústica arquitetônica.
Teatros.
Music-halls.
Musikveranstaltung
Architektur
Konzertsaal
Opernhaus
SALA DA CONCERTI Sec. 17.-20.
TEATRI LIRICI Sec. 17.-20.

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Location: Library main 133531
Call No.: ID:85-B24009
Status: Available

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