This paper reports about measurements performed in the famous Musikverein concert hall, in Vienna. Two different configurations of the room were tested: concert and ballroom. In the latter, the main stalls are employed as a large dancing area. Measurements were performed with the room completely empty (no audience, no dancers), and this exacerbated the difference between the two conditions. Despite the large values of reverberation time attained in the ballroom configuration, the room revealed to provide good values for most other acoustical parameters, confirming the fame of the room, and demonstrating how it can accommodate very different requirements and fittings. The measurements demonstrated that, albeit the acoustical properties change significantly in the two different arrangements of seats, the variation is not due to coupling with the storage volume located under the stalls, where the seats are packed during ballets.

Experimental analysis of the acoustical behaviour of Musikverein in concert and ballet configurations / Farina, Angelo; D. E., Commins; N., Prodi. - CD-ROM. - (2008), pp. 1-6. (Intervento presentato al convegno Acoustics 08 Paris tenutosi a Parigi (Francia) nel 29 June - 4 July 2008).

Experimental analysis of the acoustical behaviour of Musikverein in concert and ballet configurations

FARINA, Angelo
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2008-01-01

Abstract

This paper reports about measurements performed in the famous Musikverein concert hall, in Vienna. Two different configurations of the room were tested: concert and ballroom. In the latter, the main stalls are employed as a large dancing area. Measurements were performed with the room completely empty (no audience, no dancers), and this exacerbated the difference between the two conditions. Despite the large values of reverberation time attained in the ballroom configuration, the room revealed to provide good values for most other acoustical parameters, confirming the fame of the room, and demonstrating how it can accommodate very different requirements and fittings. The measurements demonstrated that, albeit the acoustical properties change significantly in the two different arrangements of seats, the variation is not due to coupling with the storage volume located under the stalls, where the seats are packed during ballets.
2008
Experimental analysis of the acoustical behaviour of Musikverein in concert and ballet configurations / Farina, Angelo; D. E., Commins; N., Prodi. - CD-ROM. - (2008), pp. 1-6. (Intervento presentato al convegno Acoustics 08 Paris tenutosi a Parigi (Francia) nel 29 June - 4 July 2008).
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