MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01957cam a22002774a 4500
001 2005007356
003 DLC
005 20060919113335.0
008 050314s2005 ncu bk 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005007356
020 $a0786420618 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aML1055$b.S73 2005
082 00 $a781.49/09$222
100 1 $aSteffen, David J.,$d1948-
245 10 $aFrom Edison to Marconi:$bthe first thirty years of recorded music /$cDavid J. Steffen.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland,$cc2005.
300 $ax, 245 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"This history examines a newly created technology and industry in search of itself. It follows the story from the earliest efforts to capture sound, to the fight among wire, cylinder and disk recordings for primacy in the market, to the growth and development of musical genres, record companies and business practices"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-233), discographies, and index.
505 0 $aThe ancients and the jukebox phenomenon -- Inventing the music industry -- Edison's invention -- Cylinders, discs, and vision -- A consumer business or a business technology? -- "A&R" : artists and repertoire -- Speaking of money, and the jukebox -- Toward mass production -- Recording and recordings -- Sound, quality, and topicality -- A popular product and a consumer market -- A&R in the early years : styles and genres -- Of places, performers, and songs -- Type, style, genre, tempo -- Most of the music -- Immigration and recordings -- Culture swing : the ethnic recordings -- Images, music, and the inevitable transition -- The Caruso effect -- Enter Marconi.
650 0 $aSound recordings$xHistory.
650 0 $aSound$xRecording and reproducing$xHistory.
650 0 $aSound recording industry$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip059/2005007356.html