GUIDELINES FOR ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENTS INSIDE HISTORICAL OPERA HOUSES: PROCEDURES AND VALIDATION
✍ Scribed by ROBERTO POMPOLI; NICOLA PRODI
- Book ID
- 102612370
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 466 KB
- Volume
- 232
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-460X
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✦ Synopsis
The acoustics of Italian historical theatres is to be regarded as a cultural heritage, which is to be preserved and studied. These actions are imperative for handing down the heritage to future generations and to avoid its loss. In this paper, the technical means for scienti"c quanti"cation of the acoustical heritage are presented in the form of operative guidelines for acoustical measurements inside historical theatres. The document includes the advice of international experts and is being employed during an extended measurement campaign inside renaissance and baroque historical theatres. A relevant part of the paper deals with the experimental validation of the recommendations given in the guidelines, achieved by a dedicated test session inside the Municipal Theatre of Ferrara.