The church of Nossa Senhora do Pilar built in 1613 by the Spanish Franciscan Capuchos is part of the Convento do Pilar, Goa. This diminuted sanctuary church with Rococon Mannerist features underwent repairs wherein the original lime mortar mix on its laterite stone walls was replaced by cement plaster - paint coat and ceramic tiles. Besides triggering a salt attack, the replacement of original lime mortar cause...
This study at the Church of Nossa Senhora do Pilar, built in 1613 by the Spanish Capuchos Franciscan, investigates the acoustic effect of music on the subjective comfort of a listener in a wor-ship space. The results presented describe the effect of variations in the type of music rendered (in the form of live music from the cello, clarinet and the ensemble) from two music sources sites (the nave and the choir ...
The architectural genres of the churches built in Goa (a Portuguese colony in India) during the 16th - 19th century period, are partial derivatives of the Portuguese style considering the affinity of the latter’s architecture and worship ambience with that of the Goan churches. Therefore reference ranges used for the normalization of the measured objective acoustical parameters in the Goan Catholic church...
The human whistle is a representation of the human vocal singing. Singing (solo and congregational) is an essential component of sacred music for collective worship in a Catholic church. The acoustic characterization of sacred music is defined in this paper through a derived Acoustic Comfort Impression Index (ACII) and several Acoustic Worship Indices (AWI), namely, Subjective Sacred Factor (SSaF), Subjective I...
The acoustic worship ambience in the church is defined through the derived Acoustic Worship Indices (AWI), namely Sacred Factor (SaF), Intelligibility Factor (InF) and Silence Factor (SiF). The Speech Intelligibility in the church was evaluated through RASTI tests for different sound source locations (altar [SA], pulpit [SB] and high altar [SC]) and for different postures (sitting [SIT] and standing [STAND]) an...
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