Worship, Acoustics, and Architecture
by Cirillo, EttoreFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-04-01
Publisher(s): Multi Science Pub Co Ltd
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Summary
Aided by modern measuring techniques, this unique analysis considers the way that liturgy has driven, since the early days of the Christian church, acoustical improvements and how developments in architectural technology itself opened up new liturgical possibilities. Nearly three dozen churches from around the worldwhich fall into major design types such as Baroque, Gothic, and Romanesqueare acoustically analyzed in this context.
Author Biography
Ettore Cirillo and Francesco Martellotta are both professors at the Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento di Fisica Tecnica.
Table of Contents
| Music and architecture | p. 3 |
| Liturgy, acoustics, and architecture | p. 9 |
| Sacred music in the Christian liturgy | p. 27 |
| Acoustical characterization of places of worship | p. 39 |
| The churches surveyed | p. 51 |
| Conclusions | p. 201 |
| Equations for acoustical parameters | p. 211 |
| Equation to predict reverberation time | p. 212 |
| Dimensional quantities | p. 213 |
| Acoustical attributes | p. 213 |
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