Every song ever : twenty ways to listen in an age of musical plenty / Ben Ratliff.
Every song ever : twenty ways to listen in an age of musical plenty / Ben Ratliff.
Every song ever : twenty ways to listen in an age of musical plenty / Ben Ratliff.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
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G 2016/687
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 259 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Let me concentrate! : repetitition -- Past present future : slowness -- Draft me! : speed -- What if we both should want more? : transmission -- We don't need no music : quiet/silence/intimacy -- Church bell tone : stubbornness and the single note -- Elevation : virtuosity -- Blue rules : sadness --...
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
What is music in the age of the cloud? Today, we can listen to nearly anything, at any time. It is possible to flit instantly across genres and generations, from 1980s Detroit techno to 1890s Viennese neo-romanticism. This new age of listening brings with it astonishing new possibilities--as well as dangers. --Publisher.
What does it mean to listen in the digital era? Today, new technologies make it possible to roam instantly and experimentally across musical languages and generations, from Detroit techno to jam bands to baroque opera--or to dive deeper into the set of tastes that we already have. Either way, we can listen to nearly anything, at any time. The possi...
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Every song ever : twenty ways to listen in an age of musical plenty / Ben Ratliff.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2016/687
Record Identifier
74VKzE4j22VA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzE4j22VA
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ISBN
9780374277901 (hardcover)
0374277907 (hardcover)
DDC
781.17
MMS ID
991023495359702626
