Echo's Chambers: Architecture and the Idea of Acoustic Space

by Joseph L. Clarke

A room's acoustic character seems at once the most technical and the most mystical of concerns. Since the early Enlightenment, European architects have systematically endeavored to represent and control the propagation of sound in large interior spaces. Their work has been informed by the science of sound but has also been entangled with debates on style, visualization techniques, performance practices, and the expansion of the listening public. Echo's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822946572
• ISBN13: 9780822946571
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.2"