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Record Nr.

UNINA9910595096003321

Autore

Büttner Clemens

Titolo

Symphonic Concert Life and Concert Venues in Tokyo 1868-1945 / Clemens Büttner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Logos Verlag Berlin, 2022

[s.l.] : , : Logos Verlag Berlin, , 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (241 p.)

Soggetti

History of art / art & design styles

Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc

Music

History: specific events & topics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

In this survey, the development of the public concert life in Tokyo from the beginning of the Meiji Era in 1868 to the end of the Second World War is examined, based on an analysis of performance venues for symphonic concerts. It will be shown that the analysis of the architectural and acoustic conditions of performance and reception of symphonic music contribute to the understanding of the social and cultural conditions of the time. The specific preconditions as well as apparent references to European or American prototypes regarding the performance venues will be identified. This survey intends to document all venues that have been used for symphonic concerts before 1945 in Tokyo, regarding their form, size, capacity and acoustics. For the investigation of the acoustic conditions, a set of room acoustic parameters are employed. Since most of the relevant rooms do not exist anymore in their original condition, CAD models are generated as input for a room acoustics simulation software to derive the room acoustic parameters for the unoccupied and the occupied cases. The size of the orchestras are investigated based on historical sources to describe the relationship of sound source, enclosure and audience.