Acoustics and the performance of music : manual for acousticians, audio engineers, musicians, architects and musical instruments makers /
Connects scientific understandings of acoustics with practical applications to musical performance. Of central importance are the tonal characteristics of musical instruments and the singing voice including detailed representations of directional characteristics. Furthermore, room acoustical conce...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer Science+Business Media,
[2009]
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| Edition: | 5th ed. |
| Series: | Modern acoustics and signal processing.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Connects scientific understandings of acoustics with practical applications to musical performance. Of central importance are the tonal characteristics of musical instruments and the singing voice including detailed representations of directional characteristics. Furthermore, room acoustical concerns related to concert halls and opera houses are considered. Based on this, suggestions are made for musical performance. Included are seating arrangements within the orchestra and adaptation of performance techniques to the performance environment. This presentation dispenses with complicated mathematical connections and aims for conceptual explanations accessible to musicians, particularly for conductors. The graphical representations of the directional dependence of sound radiation by musical instruments and the singing voice are unique. This German edition has become a standard reference work for audio engineers and scientists. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. Originally published in German: Bergkirchen : PPV Medien, Edition Bochinsky. Translation of the latest fifth edition of Akustik und musikalische Aufführungspraxis, originally published in German by PPVMedien GmbH, Edition Bochinsky, Bergkirchen. |
| Physical Description: | 438 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), music ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-425) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0387095179 9780387095172 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-0-387-09517-2 |