Noise uprising : the audiopolitics of a world musical revolution / Michael Denning.

Author/creator Denning, Michael author.
Format Book
PublicationLondon ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2015.
Description306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Turnarounds: the soundscape of vernacular phonograph music, 1925-1930 -- The polyphony of colonial ports: the social space of the vernacular music revolution: An archipelago of colonial ports ; Musical cultures of the colonial ports ; Counterpoint of musicians -- Phonographing the vernacular : remaking the world of music: The music industry in the age of electrical recording ; Vernacular phonograph music and the world musical guild -- Phonograph culture: the remaking of vernacular musicking: A world of record players ; From song and dance to records -- Decolonizing the ear: the cultural revolution of vernacular phonograph musics: His master's voice? Colonizing the ear ; The coming combat ; Trans-colonial reverberations -- "A noisy heaven and a syncopated earth" : remaking the musical ear: Noisy timbres ; The servants' hall of rhythm ; Weird harmonies ; Recorded improvisations -- Remastering the 78s: reverberations of a musical revolution: Antinomies of folk revivals ; Antinomies of world music.
Abstract This book brings to life the moment and sounds of a cultural revolution. Between the development of electrical recording in 1925 and the outset of the Great Depression in the early 1930s, the soundscape of modern times unfolded in a series of obscure recording sessions, as hundreds of unknown musicians entered makeshift studios to record the melodies and rhythms of urban streets and dancehalls. The musical styles and idioms etched onto shellac disks reverberated around the globe: among them Havana's son, Rio's samba, New Orleans' jazz, Buenos Aires' tango, Seville's flamenco, Cairo's tarab, Johannesburg's marabi, Jakarta's kroncong, and Honolulu's hula. They triggered the first great battle over popular music and became the soundtrack to decolonization.
Local noteLittle-472585--305131068051X
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2015005266
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Music Music Stacks ML3916 .D48 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold