Performance analysis of solo baroque music played in a period and modern hall

Nolan Eley (1, 2) , Catherine Lavandier (2, 3) , Brian F.G. Katz (1) , Théodora Psychoyou (4) , Marguerite Jossic (5)

1 IJLRDA-LAM - Lutheries - Acoustique - Musique
2 ETIS - UMR 8051 - Equipes Traitement de l'Information et Systèmes
3 Neurocybernétique
4 IReMus - Institut de Recherche en Musicologie
5 Musée de la Musique

Research into historical instruments, repertoire, playing technique, and compositional styles has formed the basis the historically informed performance (HIP) movement, however, the importance of the performance space has not been widely studied. This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the effect of the room and its acoustics on the performance of musicians specializing in baroque performance. Ten solo musicians, performing on period instruments (or facsimiles), performed in two small chamber halls, one from the Baroque era (the <i>Salon des Nobles</i> at the <i>Château de Versailles</i>) and the other contemporary (the amphitheater at <i>Cité de la Musique</i>). The effect of these halls on musician performance was analyzed through objective performance parameters extracted from recordings and on-site subjective questionnaires.

Domaines: Acoustique [physics.class-ph]

Nolan Eley, Catherine Lavandier, Brian F.G. Katz, Théodora Psychoyou, Marguerite Jossic. Performance analysis of solo baroque music played in a period and modern hall. 16ème Congrès Français d'Acoustique, CFA2022, Société Française d'Acoustique; Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique, Apr 2022, Marseille, France. ⟨hal-03848013⟩