Vocal tracks : performance and sound media /
This entertaining and innovative book focuses on vocal performance styles that developed in tandem with the sound technologies of the phonograph, radio, and sound film. Writing in a clear and lively style, Jacob Smith looks at these media technologies and industries through the lens of performance,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This entertaining and innovative book focuses on vocal performance styles that developed in tandem with the sound technologies of the phonograph, radio, and sound film. Writing in a clear and lively style, Jacob Smith looks at these media technologies and industries through the lens of performance, bringing to light a fascinating nexus of performer, technology, and audience. Combining theories of film sound, cultural histories of sound technologies and industries, and theories of performance, Smith convincingly connects disparate and largely neglected performance niches to explore the developm. |
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Notas: | "An Ahmanson book in the humanities"--Page 4 of cover |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 294 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520942844 0520942841 1281752673 9781281752673 9786611752675 6611752676 |