From the cylinder to the download, the practice of music has been radically transformed by the development of recording and playback technologies. This Companion provides a detailed overview of the transformation, encompassing both classical and popular music. Topics covered include the history of recording technology and the businesses built on it; the impact of recording on performance styles; studio practices, viewed from the perspectives of performer, producer and engineer; and approaches to the study of recordings. The main chapters are interspersed by 'short takes' - short contributions by different practitioners, ranging from classical or pop producers and performers to record collectors. Combining basic information with a variety of perspectives on records and recordings, this book will appeal not only to students in a range of subjects from music to the media, but also to general readers interested in a fundamental yet insufficiently understood dimension of musical culture.

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Information

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2009

ISBN

9781139798372

Topic

Medien & darstellende Kunst

Subtopic

Musik

Cover
The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music
Title
Copyright
Contents
Illustrations
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Personal takes:
1 Performing for (and against) the microphone*
Personal takes:
2 Recording practices and the role of the producer
Personal takes:
3 Getting sounds: The art of sound engineering
Personal takes:
4 The politics of the recording studio: A case study from South Africa
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5 From wind-up to iPod: Techno-cultures of listening
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6 Selling sounds: Recordings and the record business
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7 The development of recording technologies
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8 The recorded document: Interpretation and discography
9 Methods for analysing recordings
10 Recordings and histories of performance style
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11 Going critical: Writing about recordings
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Notes
Bibliography
Discography
Index