| Description |
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
A design revolution -- Breaking away -- Where music, acoustics, and architecture meet -- The orchestra platform-the last frontier -- Designing the "shoebox" concert hall -- Musical memory -- Case study : Kennedy Center Concert Hall -- Recital halls -- Case study : Zankel Hall -- New surround style -- Multipurpose performance halls -- Case study : Severance Hall -- Symphonic summer music pavilions -- Case study : Blossom Music Center -- Amphitheaters and mobile symphony stages -- Concert hall shapers -- Case study : Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall -- Cab forward -- Electronic architecture -- Case study : the Concord Pavilion -- Art and architecture : will the twain meet? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Architectural acoustics.
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Centers for the performing arts.
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Music -- Acoustics and physics.
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| LC no. |
2009044652 |
| ISBN |
9780393732559 hardcover |
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039373255X hardcover |
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