In his book Concert Halls and Opera Houses, Leo Beranek offers us a comprehensive, clear guide to the acoustics of places for musical performance, as well as an illustrated compendium of 100 of the world's important concert halls and opera houses, from the point of view of a scientist with a passion
CONCERT HALL ACOUSTICS AND OPERA HOUSE ACOUSTICS
β Scribed by Y. ANDO; R. POMPOLI
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 44 KB
- Volume
- 258
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-460X
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