Buildings for Music: The Architect, the Musician, and the Listener from the 17th Century to the Present Day

by Michael Forsyth and Michael Dickreiter

Book Overview

Winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award sponsored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. From Bach's choral works composed for performance in the Thomas-Kirche Leipzig to Stockhausen's electronic music designed specifically for caves, the course of Western music has been closely connected to the spaces in which it has been performed. In this remarkable study, Michael Forsyth - designer of concert halls, architect, and violinist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262060892
• ISBN13: 9780262060899
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 16 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.