From Edison to Marconi: the first thirty years of recorded music
"This history examines a newly created technology and industry in search of itself. It follows the story from the earliest efforts to capture sound, to the fight among wire, cylinder and disk recordings for primacy in the market, to the growth and development of musical genres, record companies...
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Jefferson, NC [u.a.]
McFarland
2005
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| Summary: | "This history examines a newly created technology and industry in search of itself. It follows the story from the earliest efforts to capture sound, to the fight among wire, cylinder and disk recordings for primacy in the market, to the growth and development of musical genres, record companies and business practices"--Provided by publisher. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-233), discographies, and index |
| Physical Description: | X, 245 S. |
| ISBN: | 0786420618 |
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| adam_text | FROM EDISON
TO MARCONI
THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS
OF RECORDED MUSIC
DAVID J. STEFFEN
MCFARLAND & COMPANY, INC., PUBLISHERS
JEFFERSON, NORTH CAROLINA, AND LONDON
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII
PREFACE 1
INTRODUCTION 7
1. THE ANCIENTS AND THE JUKEBOX PHENOMENON 15
2. INVENTING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY 20
3. EDISON S INVENTION 23
4. CYLINDERS, DISCS, AND VISION 26
5. A CONSUMER BUSINESS OR A BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY? 31
6. A&R : ARTISTS AND REPERTOIRE 35
7. SPEAKING OF MONEY, AND THE JUKEBOX 42
8. TOWARD MASS PRODUCTION 48
9. RECORDING AND RECORDINGS 52
10. SOUND, QUALITY, AND TOPICALITY 59
11. A POPULAR PRODUCT AND A CONSUMER MARKET 66
12. A&R IN THE EARLY YEARS* STYLES AND GENRES 73
13. OF PLACES, PERFORMERS, AND SONGS 75
14. TYPE, STYLE, GENRE, TEMPO 84
15. MOST OF THE MUSIC 92
IX
X CONTENTS
16. IMMIGRATION AND RECORDINGS 109
17. CULTURE SWING *THE ETHNIC RECORDINGS 125
18. IMAGES, MUSIC, AND THE INEVITABLE TRANSITION 159
19. THE CARUSO EFFECT 165
20. ENTER MARCONI 174
APPENDIX 1. RECORDINGS IN POPULAR NON-ETHNIC GENRES, 1889-1919 179
APPENDIX 2. ETHNIC RECORDINGS, 1889-1919 185
NOTES 217
BIBLIOGRAPHY 229
INDEX 238
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