Sound and space in Renaissance Venice
Subtitle: architecture, music, acoustics
By: Deborah Howard and Laura Moretti.
Contributors: Moretti, Laura.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780300148749
Subjects: Church architecture -- Italy -- Venice; Architecture, Renaissance -- Italy -- Venice; Architecture -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century; Church buildings -- Acoustics -- Italy -- Venice; Music and architecture -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century; Liturgy and architecture -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century; Church music -- Italy -- Venice -- 16th century; Venice (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Other titles: Architecture, music, acoustics
Description: "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."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: 1. introduction; title: 2. San Marco; title: 3. Island monasteries; title: 4. Mendicant friaries; title: 5. Parish churches; title: 6. Opedali Grandi; title: 7. General conclusions; title: Appendices; title: Bibliography; title: Photo credits; title: Glossary.