| Description |
ix, 500 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-470) and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Sound, modernity, and history -- Ch. 2. Origins of modern acoustics. I. Opening night at Symphony Hall. II. Acoustics and architecture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. III. Wallace Sabine and the reverberation formula. IV. Music and the culture of listening in turn-of-the-century America. V. Critics speak -- Ch. 3. New acoustics, 1900-1933. I. Introduction. II. Sabine after Symphony Hall. III. Reverberations of "Reverberation" IV. New tools: The origins of modern acoustics. V. New acoustician. VI. Sabine resounded -- Ch. 4. Noise and modern culture, 1900-1933. I. Introduction. II. Noise abatement as acoustical reform -- III. Noise and modern music -- IV. Engineering noise abatement -- V. Conclusion : The failuer of noise abatement -- Ch. 5. Acoustical materials and modern architecture, 1900-1933. I. Introduction -- II. Acousitcal materials at the turn of the century -- III. Acoustical materials and acoustical modernity : St. Thomas's Church -- IV. Acoustical materials and modern acoustics : The New York Life Insturance Building -- V. Modern architecture and modern acoustics : The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building -- VI. Conclusion -- Ch. 6. Electroacoustics and modern sound, 1900-1933. I. Introduction : Opening night at Radio City -- II. Listening to loudspeakers : The electroacoustic soundscape -- III. Modern auditorium -- IV. Architectural electroacoustics : Theatre and studio design -- V. Electroacoustic architecture : Sound engineers and the electrical construction of space -- VI. Conclusion : Reformulating reverberation -- Ch. 7. Conclusion : Rockefeller Center and the end of an era. |
| Subject |
Architectural acoustics.
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Architectural acoustics. |
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Music -- Acoustics and physics.
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Music -- Acoustics and physics. |
| ISBN |
0262201380 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780262201384 hardcover alkaline paper |
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