Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening by David Hendy
Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening

David Hendy

Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening

David Hendy

382 pages 2013

6 editions

nonfiction history music informative slow-paced
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Prehistoric drummers used natural acoustics to recreate natural sound. In classical Europe, orators turned the human voice into a lyrical instrument. In Buddhist temples, the icons' ears were exaggerated to represent their spiritual power. And in ...

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