Acoustics of Bells
Author | : Thomas D. Rossing |
Publisher | : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Thomas D. Rossing |
Publisher | : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alain Corbin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Change ringing |
ISBN | : 9780333752807 |
Author | : Margaret Aston |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1994 |
Release | : 2015-11-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1316060470 |
Why were so many religious images and objects broken and damaged in the course of the Reformation? Margaret Aston's magisterial new book charts the conflicting imperatives of destruction and rebuilding throughout the English Reformation from the desecration of images, rails and screens to bells, organs and stained glass windows. She explores the motivations of those who smashed images of the crucifixion in stained glass windows and who pulled down crosses and defaced symbols of the Trinity. She shows that destruction was part of a methodology of religious revolution designed to change people as well as places and to forge in the long term new generations of new believers. Beyond blanked walls and whited windows were beliefs and minds impregnated by new modes of religious learning. Idol-breaking with its emphasis on the treacheries of images fundamentally transformed not only Anglican ways of worship but also of seeing, hearing and remembering.
Author | : Joseph Cheng-yih Chen |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 718 |
Release | : 1994-04-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9814555878 |
This book is a collection of papers on the set-bells of Marquis Yi to commemorate the 10th anniversary of their discovery. The unearthing of these 5th century bells in 1978 marked one of the most remarkable archeological discoveries in the history of science and technology in Chinese civilization. These bells are two-tone set-bells with textural inscriptions and were cast in chromatical scale over a range of 51/2 octaves. This collection of papers represents the interdisciplinary research initiated by the discovery of the bells over the past ten years.
Author | : Pablo Neruda |
Publisher | : Copper Canyon Press |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1556591624 |
The sound of ships' bells, sea waves, and migratory birds fuel Neruda's longing to retreat from life's noisy busyness. Stripped to essentials, these poems are some of the last Neruda ever wrote, as he pulled "one dream out of another." Includes the final lovesong to his wife, written in the past tense: "It was beautiful to live / When you lived!" Bilingual with introduction. "Deeply personal, expansive, and universal... majestic and understated beauty."ÑPublishers Weekly
Author | : Richard Cullen Rath |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Hearing |
ISBN | : 9780801472725 |
In early America, every sound had a living, wilful force at its source - sometimes these forces were not human or even visible. The author recreates in detail a world remote from our own, one in which sounds were charged with meaning and power.
Author | : Trevor Cox |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2014-02-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 039324282X |
"A lucid and passionate case for a more mindful way of listening to and engaging with musical, natural, and manmade sounds." —New York Times In this tour of the world’s most unexpected sounds, Trevor Cox—the “David Attenborough of the acoustic realm” (Observer)—discovers the world’s longest echo in a hidden oil cavern in Scotland, unlocks the secret of singing sand dunes in California, and alerts us to the aural gems that exist everywhere in between. Using the world’s most amazing acoustic phenomena to reveal how sound works in everyday life, The Sound Book inspires us to become better listeners in a world dominated by the visual and to open our ears to the glorious cacophony all around us.
Author | : Neville H. Fletcher |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 763 |
Release | : 2013-11-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0387216030 |
While the history of musical instruments is nearly as old as civilisation itself, the science of acoustics is quite recent. By understanding the physical basis of how instruments are used to make music, one hopes ultimately to be able to give physical criteria to distinguish a fine instrument from a mediocre one. At that point science may be able to come to the aid of art in improving the design and performance of musical instruments. As yet, many of the subtleties in musical sounds of which instrument makers and musicians are aware remain beyond the reach of modern acoustic measurements. This book describes the results of such acoustical investigations - fascinating intellectual and practical exercises. Addressed to readers with a reasonable grasp of physics who are not put off by a little mathematics, this book discusses most of the traditional instruments currently in use in Western music. A guide for all who have an interest in music and how it is produced, as well as serving as a comprehensive reference for those undertaking research in the field.