title: Chronological analysis of architectural and acoustical indices in music performance halls.
abstract: This study aims to identify the changes in architectural and acoustical indices in halls for music performance built in the 18th through the 20th Centuries. Seventy-one halls are classified in five specific periods from the Classical Period (1751-1820) to the Contemporary Period (1981-2000) based on chronology in music and architectural acoustics. Architectural indices such as room shape, seating capacity, room volume, balcony configuration, and the like as well as acoustical indices such as RT, EDT, G, C80, IACC, and the like for the halls found in the literature are chronologically tabulated and statistically analyzed to identify trends and relationships in architectural and acoustical design for each of the historical periods identified. Some indices appear correlated with each other.
authors.affiliation: Architecture Technology Research Center School of Architecture, University of Florida, 231 ARCH, P.O. Box 115702, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. ymkwon@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Youngmin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Gary W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Siebein
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D001108:Architecture; D001307:Auditory Perception; D002910:Chronology as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009146:Music; D013997:Time Factors