Liturgical conditions of Catholic and Reformed celebrations and their relationships with architectural and acoustic characteristics of churches

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2002

Authors

Victor Desarnaulds (Author) Other; A. Carvalho (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the FORUM ACUSTICUM 2002

Forum Acusticum 2002

Sevilha, Espanha, 16 a 20 de Setembro de 2002

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Physics > Acoustics

Other information

Abstract (EN): Liturgical differences between Catholic and Reformed celebrations in Switzerland were studied by a temporal analysis of 16 worships. The importance of speech, music, and silence and the participation of the priest, assembly and organist are analysed. Data from 190 churches show that Reformed churches present a smaller average volume, a denser occupation of space and a shorter reverberation time than Catholic churches. The geometrical and acoustical characteristics of Reformed churches favour speech intelligibility whereas music is advantaged in Catholic churches, which agrees with the observed liturgical differences.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6