A Revaluation of Interior Acoustics in the Iberian Peninsula during the First Half of the Sixteenth Century

• Eva Esteve Roldán ^[1]
  1. [1] Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid (España)
• Localización: Quadrivium, ISSN-e 1989-8851, Nº. 7, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Música y espacios urbanos en la Edad Moderna. Nuevos acercamientos metodológicos), págs. 130-140
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The 1486 Roman edition of Vitruvio’s treatise De Architectura and the development of Classical culture generated an increasing interest in space and its relation to sound in Italy. The aim of this article is to investigate whether this acoustics awareness is evident on the Iberian Peninsula around the time of the printing of this treatise and how such awareness is expressed. As part of this inquiry, a study of various early sixteenth-century Spanish sources related to several cathedrals is made. The documents reveal meticulous attention to the points of musical production, indicating a concern for balance and use of the topography within sacred spaces, in order to achieve results based upon empirical knowledge.