The recording angel : explorations in phonography / Evan Eisenberg.

Author/creator Eisenberg, Evan
Format Book
EditionSecond edition.
Publication InfoNew Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, 2005.
Description288 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Clarence -- Music becomes a thing -- Tomas -- Ceremonies of a solitary -- The social record -- The Cyrano machine -- Glenn Gould -- Phonography -- Nina -- Canned catharsis -- Saul -- Deus ex machina -- Afterword to the Italian edition (1996) -- Finale quasi una fantasia (2004).
Abstract First published in 1987 and now considered a classic, this book charts the ways in which the phonograph and its cousins have transformed our culture. In a new Afterword, the author shows how digital technology, file trading, and other recent developments are accelerating--or reversing--these trends. Influential and provocative, this book is required reading for anyone who cares about the effect recording has had--and will have--on our experience of music.
General notePrevious edition published 1987.
ISBN0300099045 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML1055 .E35 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold