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Frans Mossberg (ed.)
Sounds of history
Reports from The Sound Environment Center at Lund University 6
2008 | 62 p. | English

ISSN: 1653-9354

What are the sounds of history? How has the soundscape changed throughout history? Every age has its own soundscapes. In an interdisciplinary symposium at Sound Evironment Centre at Lund University in 2008, researchers from different disciplines gave their views on historic soundscapes and the sounds of yesterday. From archeological findings of prehistoric sound tools, acoustics in Roman Theatres, sound insulation in old buildings to old people ́s memories of sounds of yesteryear, this collection of texts gives samples of recent research on historic soundscapes.

Table of Contents

• Frans Mossberg: Sounds of History - Preface
• Cajsa S. Lund: Prehistoric Soundscapes in Scandinavia
• Jens Holger Rindel: Roman Theatres and their Acoustics
• Charlotte Hagström: Sounds Now and Then
• Jonas Brunskog: Building Acoustics in Old Houses