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Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice

Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice Architecture, Music, Acoustics

Hardback (27 Nov 2009)

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Publisher's Synopsis

While composers of sacred music in 16th-century Venice were devising increasingly complex choral polyphony, Venetian architects began to develop new configurations of sacred space. This fascinating book explores the direct relationship between architectural design and sacred music in Renaissance Venice. Deborah Howard and Laura Moretti combine historical research into the architectural and liturgical traditions of a dozen Venetian churches with the results of a parallel series of scientific surveys and live choral experiments of the acoustic properties of the chosen buildings.

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Yale University Press

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Book information

ISBN: 9780300148749
Publisher: Yale University Press
Imprint: Yale University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 726.5094531109031
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 1268g
Height: 253mm
Width: 182mm
Spine width: 31mm