The double-façade mirror organ the nexus of architecture and music in the Hispanic Baroque
The organ and the clock were, up until the Industrial Revolution, the two most complex machines ever to have been created. Their ingenuity, cost, and ability to elicit reactions of wonder meant that they were readily adopte d as symbols of power and prestige, and over time were to become incorporate...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Hispanic research journal / Department of Hispanic Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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2011
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The organ and the clock were, up until the Industrial Revolution, the two most complex machines ever to have been created. Their ingenuity, cost, and ability to elicit reactions of wonder meant that they were readily adopte d as symbols of power and prestige, and over time were to become incorporated into the very fabric of both city and church. As elsewhere in Europe, the organ in the Hispanic world reached its zenith in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as a result of technological advances and a quest for new sounds, in keeping with the insatiable desire for novel experiences that was typical of the epoch. Unlike its counterparts, the unique central location of the liturgical nucleus within the interiors of Hispanic cathedrals privileged the organ as a visual, spatial, and sonic focus. Conditioned by the broad hall-like configuration of these interiors, Hispanic organs developed a lateral façade, evolving in the eighteenth century as monumental walls of sight and sound — a nexus of architecture and music. This paper uses a lens of spatial analysis to explore the quest for architectural and sonic symmetry, spatial novelty, and sensorial affect in the Hispanic world. Examples such as the cathedrals of Seville, Mexico City, Granada, and Malaga are used to assess the role that the double-façade mirror organ played in the configuration of the sonic-architectural experience of the Baroque. |
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| Beschreibung: | Zusammenfassung in spanischer Sprache |
| Beschreibung: | Illustrationen, Pläne |
| ISSN: | 1468-2737 |