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  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
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The Acoustics of the Choir in Spanish Cathedrals

  • Alicia Alonso,
  • Rafael Suárez and
  • Juan J. Sendra

6 December 2018

One of the most significant enclosures in worship spaces is that of the choir. Generally, from a historical point of view, the choir is a semi-enclosed and privileged area reserved for the clergy, whose position and configuration gives it a private c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,944 Views
18 Pages

29 September 2025

Choral singing is a widely practiced form of group music-making that has been associated with various positive well-being outcomes. While existing research highlights its benefits for adults and clinical populations, how choir participation affects h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,187 Views
18 Pages

Exploratory Study on the Impact on Emotional Health Derived from Participation in an Inclusive Choir

  • Borja Juan-Morera,
  • Icíar Nadal-García,
  • Belén López-Casanova and
  • Lucía Estella-Escobar

Participation in group activities such as choirs has been shown to have positive effects on emotional health and overall well-being. Inclusive choirs, which integrate individuals of various abilities and diverse backgrounds, provide a unique space fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,402 Views
16 Pages

24 April 2025

International students beginning university face challenges, including loneliness and isolation. Research shows that choir singing can enhance social bonds and emotional wellbeing. However, its effect on international students remains underexplored....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,418 Views
25 Pages

Virtual Choirs in Care Homes: The Development and Early Assessment of a New Virtual Reality Choir Intervention

  • Helena Daffern,
  • Helen Weatherly,
  • Pedro Saramago,
  • Kim Steele,
  • Dana Greaves,
  • Maeve Kavanagh,
  • Lucy Cooney,
  • Jake Spreadborough,
  • Stephen Honnan and
  • Daniel Johnston
  • + 1 author

Engaging with music has been shown to have a positive impact on the quality of life of residents in care homes, who are known to be affected by anxiety, depression and loneliness. Based on the known benefits of in-person singing activities, a new Vir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
404 Views
14 Pages

24 November 2025

In this paper we discuss a journey through different collective singing experiences held between 2019 and 2023 in Lebanon, Mozambique, Benin, and Greece. It is an autoethnographic work that includes the short-term participant observation of a choir i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,245 Views
15 Pages

11 March 2024

Prayer in human life enables directing attention to God and a transcendent goal beyond Earthly life. Singing has been present in the life of Israel since the oldest times, which is proved on the pages of the Holy Scriptures, in the Books of Exodus an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,020 Views
32 Pages

25 June 2024

Choirs in female monastic and convent communities are spaces whose complexity has been highlighted because of their multipurpose and multifunctional nature. Although they are within the community’s private sphere of prayer of the divine office,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,630 Views
23 Pages

Self-Perception of Inclusion in an Inclusive Choir: An Analysis Using the Scale for the Assessment of Inclusion (SAI)

  • Borja Juan-Morera,
  • Icíar Nadal-García,
  • Belén López-Casanova and
  • Eva Vicente

12 September 2023

Inclusion promotes equal opportunities, and aims to eliminate discrimination, by ensuring full access, participation, and representation for all individuals in society, with music playing a crucial role in addressing this global challenge, and foster...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,195 Views
19 Pages

15 April 2024

Arches and vaults are typical elements of ancient buildings. They are formed by voussoirs that resist the pressure they receive and transmit them through compression forces. The transmission of these forces justifies their curved shape. For this reas...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,419 Views
16 Pages

24 March 2022

The aim of this paper is three-fold. First, the basics of binaural and ambisonic techniques are briefly presented. Then, details related to audio-visual recordings of a remote performance of the Academic Choir of the Gdansk University of Technology a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,689 Views
18 Pages

The Choir Books of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice: Results of in Depth Non-Invasive Analyses

  • Paola Ricciardi,
  • Anna Mazzinghi,
  • Stefano Legnaioli,
  • Chiara Ruberto and
  • Lisa Castelli

14 June 2019

This paper discusses a cross-disciplinary, international collaboration aimed at researching a series of 15th century choir books at the abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore on the homonymous island in Venice. Produced for the abbey itself, the books have ne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,072 Views
9 Pages

26 October 2022

Resulting in pervasive feelings of despair, the culture of incarceration in the U.S. relies on punitive correctional strategies such as solitary confinement to control the behavior of incarcerated individuals. Inevitably, correctional culture which f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,658 Views
13 Pages

15 September 2023

Secularisation theory proposed that the modernisation of society would bring about a decline in religiosity across the West, leading to ‘entzauberung’ (disenchantment). Eventually, society would be devoid of belief in the transcendent. So...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,047 Views
12 Pages

Personality Traits of Choral Singers and Their Association with Perceived Mental Well-Being

  • Sibylle Robens,
  • Alexandra Monstadt,
  • Alexander Hagen and
  • Thomas Ostermann

23 April 2025

Previous research indicates that choir singing enhances mental well-being. This study explores whether these well-being benefits are related to the personality traits of singers. We assessed the personality traits of 760 German amateur choral singers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,719 Views
14 Pages

15 February 2023

In the present work, a method is proposed that combines spectrofluorimetry with multivariate analysis (cluster and principal components) to non-invasively investigate natural dyes used, mainly in the form of lakes, in illuminations. First, a consiste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
436 Views
13 Pages

Impact of Music Interventions on Depression in Care Home Residents with Dementia: UK Results from Music Interventions for Depression and Dementia in Elderly Care RCT

  • Justine Schneider,
  • Joanne Ablewhite,
  • Jodie Bloska,
  • Martin Orrell,
  • Helen Odell-Miller,
  • Jorg Assmus,
  • Christian Gold and
  • Vigdis Sveinsdottir

15 December 2025

Background: We report UK findings from Music Interventions for Depression and Dementia in Elderly care (MIDDEL), a cross-national, clustered, randomised trial undertaken in 2018–2023 to evaluate the effectiveness of music interventions for depr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,317 Views
24 Pages

Many Voices in a Choir: Tumor-Induced Neurogenesis and Neuronal Driven Alternative Splicing Sound Like Suspects in Tumor Growth and Dissemination

  • Zodwa Dlamini,
  • Kgomotso Mathabe,
  • Llewellyn Padayachy,
  • Rahaba Marima,
  • George Evangelou,
  • Konstantinos N. Syrigos,
  • Arianna Bianchi,
  • Georgios Lolas and
  • Rodney Hull

29 April 2021

During development, as tissues expand and grow, they require circulatory, lymphatic, and nervous system expansion for proper function and support. Similarly, as tumors arise and develop, they also require the expansion of these systems to support the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,790 Views
15 Pages

14 September 2023

Music viewed from the real praxis could trigger positive religious emotions as the path of beauty in those searching for the meaning of life or the higher one in God. The article aims to encourage interdisciplinarity in teaching Catholic RE in Croati...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
46,219 Views
15 Pages

21 February 2025

Background/Objectives: As the global population ages, the need for effective nonpharmacological interventions to support cognitive health has become increasingly urgent. Singing has been identified as a promising strategy to enhance cognitive functio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,440 Views
12 Pages

Maintaining a high quality of work and life can be a challenge for working adults. Most working adults do not have the opportunity to participate in activities that promote physical and emotional health. Working adults need to improve their potential...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,692 Views
14 Pages

15 November 2017

This paper explores the proposal that music, and particularly singing, has unique properties that render it amenable to encounters with “the other” or the sacred stranger. Drawing on the deconstructionist works of Kristeva and Derrida, as well as the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
85 Citations
9,977 Views
13 Pages

Leisure Activities of Healthy Children and Adolescents

  • Lea Auhuber,
  • Mandy Vogel,
  • Nico Grafe,
  • Wieland Kiess and
  • Tanja Poulain

The objective of the present study was to give a detailed overview on the leisure behavior of adolescents (frequency, differences between gender, age groups and social class, time trends, and inter-relations). In total, 1449 10- to 18-year-old German...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,070 Views
22 Pages

The Power of Gaze in Music. Leonard Bernstein’s Conducting Eyes

  • Isabella Poggi,
  • Loredana Ranieri,
  • Ylenia Leone and
  • Alessandro Ansani

The paper argues for the importance and richness of gaze communication during orchestra and choir conduction, and presents three studies on this issue. First, an interview with five choir and orchestra conductors reveals that they are not so deeply a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,005 Views
14 Pages

26 February 2020

The compressed life review (CLR) is a mnemonic illusion of having “your entire life flashing before your eyes”. This research was guided by concerns over the retrospective methodology used in CLR studies. To depart from this methodology,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
770 Views
24 Pages

12 December 2025

The PHEND (Past Has Ears at Notre-Dame) collaborative research project is being carried out by a team of multidisciplinary researchers interested in the acoustic history of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The project involved the creation of seven dig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,413 Views
13 Pages

The institutionalisation of older adults is often associated with negative perceptions from the past, influenced by asylums and hospices that were seen as marginalising older people. These views have contributed to a dominant social representation of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,669 Views
15 Pages

Combining Multispectral Imaging and XRF Analysis to Examine San Patroba predica ai fedeli di Pozzuoli by Massimo Stanzione

  • Jessica Brocchieri,
  • Elvira Scialla,
  • Marianna Merolle,
  • Palma Maria Recchia,
  • Roberto della Rocca and
  • Carlo Sabbarese

25 September 2023

A diagnostic analysis of the painting depicting San Patroba che predica ai fedeli di Pozzuoli by Massimo Stanzione was carried out. The painting was completed in 1635–1637 to decorate the choir of the Cathedral of Saint Procolo in Pozzuoli (Nap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,748 Views
22 Pages

Acoustic Shell Optimization in Opera Houses for Concert Halls

  • Umberto Derme,
  • Silvana Sukaj and
  • Amelia Trematerra

25 May 2025

Opera houses are often used as concert halls with the use of a temporary acoustic shell set on stage. In most cases, the shell shape and its position in the fly tower are decided by theatre technicians, after evaluating the concert programme and cons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,849 Views
12 Pages

Automatic Segmentation of Ethnomusicological Field Recordings

  • Matija Marolt,
  • Ciril Bohak,
  • Alenka Kavčič and
  • Matevž Pesek

28 January 2019

The article presents a method for segmentation of ethnomusicological field recordings. Field recordings are integral documents of folk music performances captured in the field, and typically contain performances, intertwined with interviews and comme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
128 Views
18 Pages

4 January 2026

This essay explores how sanctity at Helfta was defined not by the perfection of song but by its interruption. The Book of Special Grace and the Herald of Divine Love praise Mechthild of Hackeborn and Gertrude the Great as singers of surpassing sweetn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,965 Views
13 Pages

Investigation of the Effectiveness of the Chancel Availability and Geometry of Four Traditional Churches in Malaysia: Simulation Experiment

  • Cheryl Yew Shyh-Qi,
  • Nurul Amira Abd Jalil,
  • Nazli Bin Che Din,
  • Chandramouli Pradeepa,
  • Azma Putra and
  • Waqar Azeem

18 April 2023

Two significant spaces define the soundscape of worship in a church: chancel and nave. The chancel is a space with the primary function of a sound source, where the preachers and choir are often seated during church services. Church design and layout...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,432 Views
12 Pages

18 November 2024

This sociological study describes the exceptional qualities of the 2016 Notre Dame liturgies. My criterion of evaluation is authenticity, defined as faithfulness to a transcendent purpose in liturgical performances. The four areas of prayer, singing,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
11,097 Views
15 Pages

There are many music experiences for people with dementia and their caregivers including but not limited to individualized playlists, music and singing groups, dementia-inclusive choirs and concerts, and music therapy. While the benefits of these mus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,947 Views
11 Pages

3 November 2022

I was 13 years old when I heard Judy Collins’ rendition of “Amazing Grace” over the radio. At that time, I thought it was an unusual song to be played over a rock station. Collins sang the first verse with a pure yet moving vocal qu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,504 Views
12 Pages

9 April 2024

The period between 1080 and 1160 saw an explosion in monastic construction throughout Western Europe. The textual sources from this period document this building boom and explicitly tie construction and refurbishment to monastic reform and the creati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,189 Views
21 Pages

Therapeutic applications of singing (e.g., melodic intonation therapy) for acquired neurogenic communication disorders (ANCD) such as post-stroke aphasia, dysarthria, or neurodegenerative diseases have emerged from innovations by clinical speech-lang...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,043 Views
14 Pages

24 August 2025

General models of talent development have highlighted the importance of a community of practice to nurture talent potential, with recent studies refining factors that contribute to the developmental journey. In music, an early model described three p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,074 Views
20 Pages

9 December 2025

Plainchant has formed a core sacred vocal repertory for Western Christianity for over a millennium, and following a surge of interest in chant as an early music repertory over the twentieth century and beyond, it has accrued particular significance f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,548 Views
17 Pages

9 September 2023

Dalle de verre windows consist of thick slabs of coloured glass set in a matrix of reinforced concrete. The invention of this special art form is closely linked to the developments in modern architecture in the first half of the 20th century that are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
173 Citations
64,255 Views
18 Pages

Model Calculations of Aerosol Transmission and Infection Risk of COVID-19 in Indoor Environments

  • Jos Lelieveld,
  • Frank Helleis,
  • Stephan Borrmann,
  • Yafang Cheng,
  • Frank Drewnick,
  • Gerald Haug,
  • Thomas Klimach,
  • Jean Sciare,
  • Hang Su and
  • Ulrich Pöschl

The role of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 viruses in airborne transmission of COVID-19 has been debated. The aerosols are transmitted through breathing and vocalization by infectious subjects. Some authors state that this represents the dominant route of sp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,860 Views
11 Pages

19 September 2024

The Harrist Church in Ivory Coast, West Africa, emerged from the ministry of Liberian William Wadé Harris who baptized between 100,000 and 200,000 people during his eighteen-month evangelistic tour, 1913–1915. This story is full of linguistic complex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5,389 Views
30 Pages

9 August 2021

The aim of this paper is to show the presence of religion and the particular evolution of lyrical matrixes connected to religion in the Polish poems of female poets. There is a particular presence of women in the roots of the Polish literary and lyri...