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Folkways records : Moses Asch and his encyclopedia of sound /

In 1949, immigrant recording engineer Moses Asch embarked on a lifelong project: documenting the world of sound produced by mankind, via a small record label called Folkways Records. By the time of his death in 1986, he had amassed an archive of over 2,200 LPs and thousands of hours of tapes; so val...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olmsted, Tony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Early influences : 1870s to 1930s
  • Beginnings : Asch Records
  • Broadening the mandate : disc records of America
  • The birth of Folkways Records
  • The business of making records
  • Finances
  • Easing the burden : Folkways in the 1960s
  • The sale of Folkways.