1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785013203321

Autore

Suisman David

Titolo

Selling sounds [[electronic resource] ] : the commercial revolution in American music / / David Suisman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-674-05468-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/7780973

Soggetti

Music trade - United States

Music - United States - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-337) and index.

Nota di contenuto

When songs became a business -- Making hits -- Music without musicians -- The traffic in voices -- Musical properties -- Perfect pitch -- The black swan -- The musical soundscape of modernity.

Sommario/riassunto

From Tin Pan Alley to grand opera, player-pianos to phonograph records, David Suisman explores the rise of music as big business and the creation of a radically new musical culture. Provocative, original, and lucidly written, Selling Sounds reveals the commercial architecture of America's musical life.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828330703321

Autore

Webster Maud

Titolo

Heritage and the existential need for history / / Maud Webster [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , 2021

ISBN

0-8130-6703-0

0-8130-5777-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 pages)

Collana

Florida scholarship online

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Cultural property

Excavations (Archaeology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2021.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: Cy Twombly's Longing -- Introduction: About This Book -- On Being In Time: History, Death, Text -- Archaeological Cases: Blood from Stone -- Historical Cases: Contextualizing the Self -- By Way of a Conclusion: The Heart of the Matter

Sommario/riassunto

In a sweeping survey of archaeological sites spanning thousands of years, this book asks fundamental questions about the place of cultural heritage in Western society. What is history? Why do we write about the events of yesterday and set up memorials for them? Why do we visit places where momentous things have happened?



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911011327303321

Autore

Winter Dorian <1988->

Titolo

Entpersonalisiertes Ins-Dasein-Bringen : eine theologisch-ethische Kritik am reproduktionsmedizinischen Selbstverständnis / Dorian Winter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : Schwabe Verlag

Würzburg, : Echter Verlag, [2024]

ISBN

9783796549212

Descrizione fisica

1 Online-Ressource (368 Seiten)

Collana

Studien zur theologischen Ethik ; 166

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia