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UNINA9910790645503321 |
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Autore |
Olmsted Anthony |
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Titolo |
Folkways records : Moses Asch and his encyclopedia of sound / / Tony Olmsted |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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1-135-35355-7 |
0-415-93709-4 |
0-203-95304-5 |
1-135-35348-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sound recording industry - United States - History |
Sound recording executives and producers - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Early influences : 1870s to 1930s -- Beginnings : Asch Records -- Broadening the mandate : disc records of America -- The birth of Folkways Records -- The business of making records -- Finances -- Easing the burden : Folkways in the 1960s -- The sale of Folkways. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1949, immigrant recording engineer Moses Asch embarked on a lifelong project: documenting the world of sound produced by mankind, via a small record label called Folkways Records. By the time of his death in 1986, he had amassed an archive of over 2,200 LPs and thousands of hours of tapes; so valuable was this collection that it was purchased by the Smithsonian Institute. Folkways Records is an account of how he built this business, working against all odds, to create a landmark in the history of American music. |
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