Music, Sound, and Technology in America: A Documentary History of Early Phonograph, Cinema, and Radio

by Timothy D. Taylor, Tony Grajeda, Mark Katz

This unique anthology assembles primary documents chronicling the development of the phonograph, film sound, and the radio. These three sound technologies shaped Americans' relation to music from the late nineteenth century until the end of the Second World War, by which time the technologies were thoroughly integrated into everyday life. There are more than 120 selections between the collection's first piece, an article on the phonograph written...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822349469
• ISBN13: 9780822349464
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"