The Science of Siren Songs : Stradivari unveiled : A Conversation with Joseph Curtin.
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and master violinmaker and acoustician Joseph Curtin, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. This in-depth conversation explores Curtin's long quest to characterize the sound of a Stradivari violin and the rigorous series...
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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Toronto :
Open Agenda Publishing,
2021.
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| Edice: | Ideas Roadshow Conversations Ser.
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| On-line přístup: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv22jnq20 |
| Shrnutí: | This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and master violinmaker and acoustician Joseph Curtin, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. This in-depth conversation explores Curtin's long quest to characterize the sound of a Stradivari violin and the rigorous series of double-blind tests he and his colleagues developed to probe whether or not professional musicians can really tell the difference between a Stradivari and a modern violin. The conversation also covers violin acoustics and how Joseph Curtin marries acoustic science to the art of violin making and merge. |
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| Popis jednotky: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (43 p.). |
| ISBN: | 9781771700375 1771700378 1771702125 9781771702126 |