America on record : a history of recorded sound / Andre Millard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millard, A. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phonograph.

Sound recordings--United States.

Sound recordings.

United States.

Music--United States--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

xiii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Summary:

A history of sound recording from the nineteenth to the twenty first century.

Contents:

The acoustic era. The inventors ; A phonograph in every home ; The international industry of recorded sound ; The music ; Recorded sound in the jazz age

The electrical era. The machines ; Competing technologies ; Empires of sound ; Swing and the mass audience ; High fidelity at last ; Rock'n'roll and the revolution in music ; The record ; The studio ; Perfecting studio recording ; The cassette culture

The digital era. The media conglomerates ; Into the digital era ; Consolidation and connectivity in the digital era.

Notes:

Includes discography (pages 437-439), bibliographical references (pages 440-446), and indexes.

ISBN:

0521835151

0521542812

OCLC:

61260115

Publisher Number:

9780521835152

9780521542814