Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 417 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 839 g
Reihe: Natur, Wissenschaft und die Künste / Nature, Science and the Arts / Nature, Science et les Arts
A systematic and historical investigation into the impact of architectural acoustics on performance practice followed by a study of Handel¿s Messiah
Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 417 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 839 g
Reihe: Natur, Wissenschaft und die Künste / Nature, Science and the Arts / Nature, Science et les Arts
ISBN: 978-3-0343-0615-7
Verlag: Peter Lang
There are no simple answers to these complex questions, which elicit different responses according to varying points of view. This aspect of cultural history necessarily calls for an investigation based on systematic, historical, and psychological methods. In the first part of this book, which draws from an extensive database of documents on halls, theatres, and churches, essential concepts from the main disciplines involved are introduced in order to define quality of room acoustics in relation to different performance situations. This background then serves as framework to investigate the performance history of Handel’s Messiah in the second part.
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Contents: Acoustic knowledge applied to the construction and use of rooms – Room acoustics and music: changing relations – Music and space: conditions for perception – Sound and sensation: physical, physiological and psychological principles – Room acoustics: fundamental concepts in physics – Spatial impression in sound recording – Architecture related quality factors in room acoustics – Music related the quality factors in room acoustics – The change of performance practice and room acoustics – Handel, the oratorio volgare, and Arcangelo Corelli – The performance practice of the early English oratorio – The oratorio Messiah – Handel’s performances of Messiah in London – The impact of room acoustics on Handel’s compositions – The enlargement of the musical ensemble after Handel’s death.