America on record : a history of recorded sound /

With Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph, the beautiful music that was the preserve of the wealthy became a mass-produced consumer good, cheap enough to be available to all. In 1877 Edison dreamed that one day there would be a talking machine in every home. America on Record: A History...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Millard, A. J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2005]
Edición:Second edition.
Temas:
Phonograph.
Sound recordings > United States.
Music > United States > History and criticism.
Électrophones.
Musique > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
electrophones.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
Music
Sound recordings.
American music > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The acoustic era. The inventors ; A phonograph in every home ; The international industry of recorded sound ; The music ; Recorded sound in the Jazz Age
  • The electrical era. The machines ; Competing technologies ; Empires of sound ; Swing and the mass audience ; High fidelity at last ; Rock'n'roll and the revolution in music ; The record ; The studio ; Perfecting studio recording ; The cassette culture
  • The digital era. The media conglomerates ; Into the digital era ; Consolidation and connectivity in the digital era.

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