Music and Space

ist eine internationale Wissenschaftsreihe, welche die Geschichte des est une collection scientifique internationale qui explore l'histoire des interactions Zusammenwirkens geisteswissenschaftlich-künstlerischer und naturwissenschaftlich-technischer Kultur auf entre la culture des sciences humaines et artistiques et celle des sciences naturelles et techniques, au der Ebene theoretischer Reflektion und künstlerischer Artikulation untersucht. Dabei gibt es keine niveau de la reflexion theorique et de l'articulation artistique. Elle s'intéresse pour cela à toutes les Beschränkungen auf bestimmte Epochen, Gesellschaftsformen, Medien oder Regionen. époques, formes de societes, medias et regions.

Dorothea Baumann, Privatdozentin Dr., teaches musicology at the University of Zurich, where she studied musicology, physics and German literature, received her PhD and completed her habilitation in musicology. Her groundbreaking research on the relation between room acoustics and performance practice has appeared in numerous journals and reference works of international scope. Likewise, she contributed core writings on the Italian Trecento. Baumann has held teaching positions at the University of Berne, the Department of Architecture of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (guest lectures), and was visiting professor at the University of Innsbruck and at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Contents: Acoustic knowledge applied to the construction and use of rooms – Room acoustics and music: changing relations – Music and space: conditions for perception – Sound and sensation: physical, physiological and psychological principles – Room acoustics: fundamental concepts in physics – Spatial impression in sound recording – Architecture related quality factors in room acoustics – Music related the quality factors in room acoustics – The change of performance practice and room acoustics – Handel, the oratorio volgare, and Arcangelo Corelli – The performance practice of the early English oratorio – The oratorio – Handel’s performances of in London – The impact of room acoustics on Handel’s compositions – The enlargement of the musical ensemble after Handel’s death. Inhaltsverzeichnis