Setting the record straight : a material history of classical recording / Colin Symes.
Setting the record straight : a material history of classical recording / Colin Symes.
Setting the record straight : a material history of classical recording / Colin Symes.
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Publisher
Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2004.
Call Numbers
N781.4909/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Playing by the book : toward a textual theory of the phonograph -- Disconcerting music : performers and composers on the record -- The best seat in the house : the domestication of the concert hall -- Creating the right impression : an iconography of record covers -- Off the record : some notes on t...
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Publisher
Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2004.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2004.
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Summary
"In this study of the materials surrounding LPs and CDs, Colin Symes undertakes a cultural history of the record, looking specifically at the way the phonograph helped democratize classical music by enabling it to be heard at home, away from the concert hall. Symes argues that the listening habits associated with classical records and recording wer...
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Setting the record straight : a material history of classical recording / Colin Symes.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-296), discography (p. 296-300), and index.
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Call Numbers
N781.4909/1
Record Identifier
74VKpj8vVyGA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKpj8vVyGA
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ISBN
0819567221 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780819567215 (cloth : alk. paper)
0819567213 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780819567222 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
781.49/09
MMS ID
991019423819702626
