Hark! : the acoustic world of Elizabethan England

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  • Author: Battery Radio
    Contributor:

    Battery Radio

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    Falling Tree Productions

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    Brookes, Chris

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    Pietropaolo, Paolo

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    Hall, Alan

    Summary:

    Four centuries ago... did people listen in a different way than we do now? How different were the sounds that they heard? And can we tune into their auditory world? Tracking down ancient sounds that still exist, evoking some which have become extinct, this acoustic film imagines the noises of Elizabethan society through the ears of those who listened four centuries ago.

    Subject(s): History
    Original Publisher: St. John's Newfoundland , Battery Radio
    Language(s): English

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Battery Radio

Falling Tree Productions

Brookes, Chris

Pietropaolo, Paolo

Hall, Alan

Abstract

Four centuries ago... did people listen in a different way than we do now? How different were the sounds that they heard? And can we tune into their auditory world? Tracking down ancient sounds that still exist, evoking some which have become extinct, this acoustic film imagines the noises of Elizabethan society through the ears of those who listened four centuries ago.

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History
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St. John's Newfoundland

Battery Radio

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