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Constructing Urban Space with Sounds and Music
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- ISBN: 1472424654 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781472424655 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (137 pages)
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- Publisher: Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2014.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Available through EBSCO |
Formatted Contents Note: | 10 Urban Sounds, Notes of LifeAural Architecture; Soundscape and Urban Planning; Evaluating the Acoustical Properties of an Urban Environment; 11 Listening to the Urban Environment; The Sound Identity of a City; For a Conscious Listening; 12 Guide Lines for Constructing Urban Space with Sound; Silent Disco vs. Muzak; Community Opera; Music en plein air; Conclusion; Bibliography; Discography; Index. |
Summary, etc.: | This book aims at drawing the reader's attention to the sound of the urban environment. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it examines a heterogeneous selection of experimentations from the domains of music, art and architecture. Significant case studies of pieces of music, public art works and scientific research in the field of urban planning are analyzed, investigating the methods that have been adopted and the aural processes that have been generated. It then uses the findings to reconstruct the underlying theories and practices and to show what might be drawn from these procedures appli. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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