| Acknowledgments | vii |
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| A Personal Perspective
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| 1. | Introduction to Aural Architecture
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| 2. | Auditory Spatial Awareness | 11 |
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| Introduction to Hearing Space | 12 |
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| The Social Components of Aural Architecture | 20 |
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| Navigating Space by Listening | 35 |
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| Aural Enrichments in Architecture | 51 |
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| Application of Spatiality Principles | 64 |
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| 3. | Aural Space from Prehistory to Present | 67 |
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| The Aural Experience of Space as a Cultural Filter | 68 |
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| Auditory Awareness as an Extension of Religion | 82 |
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| Social Forces Influence Aural Spaces | 93 |
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| Industrialization Creates New Aural Attitudes | 103 |
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| 4. | Aural Arts and Musical Spaces | 127 |
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| Musical Space as an Artistic Abstraction | 129 |
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| Enclosures Produce Temporal and Spatial Spreading | 133 |
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| Abstract Dimensions and Artistic Concepts | 149 |
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| 5. | Inventing Virtual Spaces for Music | 163 |
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| Artistic Dimensions of Space and Location | 166 |
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| Artistic Implications of Technical Issues | 183 |
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| Art and Engineering Converge in Enveloping Sound | 203 |
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| 6. | Scientific Perspectives on Spatial Acoustics | 215 |
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| Evaluating the Aural Experience of Concert Halls | 217 |
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| Scientific Models of Enclosed Spaces | 235 |
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| Visiting the Inside of Reverberators | 260 |
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| 7. | Spatial Innovators and Their Private Agendas | 275 |
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| Social Values: Goals, Rewards, and Careers | 278 |
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| Intellectual Frameworks: Assumptions and Paradigms | 297 |
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| 8. | Auditory Spatial Awareness as Evolutionary Artifact | 317 |
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| Evolutionary By-Products Define Modern Humans | 319 |
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| Hearing as a Means for Navigating and Communicating | 335 |
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| Interdependence of Biology, Nature, and Culture | 347 |
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| 9. | Concluding Comments | 361 |
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| Notes | 365 |
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| References | 369 |
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| Index
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