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Title Music, sound, and technology in America : a documentary history of early phonograph, cinema, and radio / edited by Timothy D. Taylor, Mark Katz, and Tony Grajeda.
Publication Info Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012.



Descript 1 online resource (410 pages) : illustrations, music
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Contents General Introduction: Music Technologies in Everyday Life / Timothy D. Taylor -- Part I. Sound Recording -- Introduction / Mark Katz -- Sound Recording: Readings -- Predictions -- The Listener and the Phonograph -- Learning to Listen -- The Phonograph in Everyday Life -- The Phonograph and Music Appreciation -- Men, Women, and Phonographs -- Music and the Great War -- Performers and the Phonograph -- In the Recording Studio -- The Phonograph and Music Pedagogy -- The Phonograph and the Composer -- The Composer in the Machine Age -- The Phonograph as a Compositional Tool -- Phonograph Debates -- Con -- Pro.
Part II. Cinema -- Introduction / Tony Grajeda -- Cinema: Readings -- Technologies of Sight and Sound -- Sounds of the Cinema: Illustrated Song Slides -- The Role of the Voice (lecturers, actors) -- Incidental Musics, Special Effects, Ballyhoo, and Noise of the Audience -- Playing to the Pictures -- Performative Accompaniment -- The Organist of the Picture Palace -- Conducting and Scoring to the Movies -- Taste, Culture, and Educating the Public -- Responding to the Talkies.
Part III. Radio -- Introduction / Timothy D. Taylor -- Radio: Readings -- Radio as Dream, Radio as Technology -- Early Broadcasts: Performer and Listener Impressions -- Radio in Everyday Life -- Healing -- Economics of Radio Broadcasting -- Advertising -- Music on the Radio -- Con -- Pro -- What Do Listeners Want? -- Crooning -- Radio behind the Scenes -- Getting on the Air -- Talent -- Production behind the Scenes -- Composing for the Radio -- How to Listen to Music on the Radio -- Notes -- References -- Index.
ISBN 9780822393917 (electronic bk.)
0822393913 (electronic bk.)
9780822349273 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0822349272 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780822349464 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0822349469 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard no. 9786613721075
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Subject Popular music -- Social aspects -- United States -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Phonograph -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture music -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Mass media -- Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Alt author Taylor, Timothy Dean.
Katz, Mark, 1970-
Grajeda, Tony, 1960-
Descript 1 online resource (410 pages) : illustrations, music
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents General Introduction: Music Technologies in Everyday Life / Timothy D. Taylor -- Part I. Sound Recording -- Introduction / Mark Katz -- Sound Recording: Readings -- Predictions -- The Listener and the Phonograph -- Learning to Listen -- The Phonograph in Everyday Life -- The Phonograph and Music Appreciation -- Men, Women, and Phonographs -- Music and the Great War -- Performers and the Phonograph -- In the Recording Studio -- The Phonograph and Music Pedagogy -- The Phonograph and the Composer -- The Composer in the Machine Age -- The Phonograph as a Compositional Tool -- Phonograph Debates -- Con -- Pro.
Part II. Cinema -- Introduction / Tony Grajeda -- Cinema: Readings -- Technologies of Sight and Sound -- Sounds of the Cinema: Illustrated Song Slides -- The Role of the Voice (lecturers, actors) -- Incidental Musics, Special Effects, Ballyhoo, and Noise of the Audience -- Playing to the Pictures -- Performative Accompaniment -- The Organist of the Picture Palace -- Conducting and Scoring to the Movies -- Taste, Culture, and Educating the Public -- Responding to the Talkies.
Part III. Radio -- Introduction / Timothy D. Taylor -- Radio: Readings -- Radio as Dream, Radio as Technology -- Early Broadcasts: Performer and Listener Impressions -- Radio in Everyday Life -- Healing -- Economics of Radio Broadcasting -- Advertising -- Music on the Radio -- Con -- Pro -- What Do Listeners Want? -- Crooning -- Radio behind the Scenes -- Getting on the Air -- Talent -- Production behind the Scenes -- Composing for the Radio -- How to Listen to Music on the Radio -- Notes -- References -- Index.
ISBN 9780822393917 (electronic bk.)
0822393913 (electronic bk.)
9780822349273 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0822349272 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780822349464 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0822349469 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard no. 9786613721075
Subject Popular music -- Social aspects -- United States -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Phonograph -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture music -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Mass media -- Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Alt author Taylor, Timothy Dean.
Katz, Mark, 1970-
Grajeda, Tony, 1960-

Subject Popular music -- Social aspects -- United States -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Phonograph -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture music -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Mass media -- Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Descript 1 online resource (410 pages) : illustrations, music
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents General Introduction: Music Technologies in Everyday Life / Timothy D. Taylor -- Part I. Sound Recording -- Introduction / Mark Katz -- Sound Recording: Readings -- Predictions -- The Listener and the Phonograph -- Learning to Listen -- The Phonograph in Everyday Life -- The Phonograph and Music Appreciation -- Men, Women, and Phonographs -- Music and the Great War -- Performers and the Phonograph -- In the Recording Studio -- The Phonograph and Music Pedagogy -- The Phonograph and the Composer -- The Composer in the Machine Age -- The Phonograph as a Compositional Tool -- Phonograph Debates -- Con -- Pro.
Part II. Cinema -- Introduction / Tony Grajeda -- Cinema: Readings -- Technologies of Sight and Sound -- Sounds of the Cinema: Illustrated Song Slides -- The Role of the Voice (lecturers, actors) -- Incidental Musics, Special Effects, Ballyhoo, and Noise of the Audience -- Playing to the Pictures -- Performative Accompaniment -- The Organist of the Picture Palace -- Conducting and Scoring to the Movies -- Taste, Culture, and Educating the Public -- Responding to the Talkies.
Part III. Radio -- Introduction / Timothy D. Taylor -- Radio: Readings -- Radio as Dream, Radio as Technology -- Early Broadcasts: Performer and Listener Impressions -- Radio in Everyday Life -- Healing -- Economics of Radio Broadcasting -- Advertising -- Music on the Radio -- Con -- Pro -- What Do Listeners Want? -- Crooning -- Radio behind the Scenes -- Getting on the Air -- Talent -- Production behind the Scenes -- Composing for the Radio -- How to Listen to Music on the Radio -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Alt author Taylor, Timothy Dean.
Katz, Mark, 1970-
Grajeda, Tony, 1960-
ISBN 9780822393917 (electronic bk.)
0822393913 (electronic bk.)
9780822349273 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0822349272 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780822349464 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0822349469 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard no. 9786613721075

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