From Edison to Marconi: the first thirty years of recorded music / David J. Steffen.
From Edison to Marconi: the first thirty years of recorded music / David J. Steffen.
From Edison to Marconi: the first thirty years of recorded music / David J. Steffen.
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Publisher
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., 2005.
Date
2005.
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N784.4909/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 245 p. : 23 cm.
Contents
1. The ancients and the jukebox phenomenon -- 2. Inventing the music industry -- 3. Edison's invention -- 4. Cylinders, discs, and vision -- 5. A consumer business or a business technology? -- 6. "A&R" : artists and repertoire -- 7. Speaking of money, and the jukebox -- 8. Toward mass production --...
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Publisher
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., 2005.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
2005.
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Summary
"Like any profound technological breakthrough, the advent of sound recording ushered in a period of explosive and imaginative experimentation, growth and competition. Between the commercial debut of Edison's "talking machine" in 1889 and the first commercial radio broadcast three decades later, the recording industry was uncharted territory in term...
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From Edison to Marconi: the first thirty years of recorded music / David J. Steffen.
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Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
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N784.4909/1
Record Identifier
74VKqRQjB32Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqRQjB32Z
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ISBN
0786420618 (softcover : alk. paper) :
9780786420612 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786420618 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786420612 (softcover : alk. paper) :
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784.4909
MMS ID
991020244039702626
