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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966510103321

Autore

Suisman David

Titolo

Selling sounds : the commercial revolution in American music / / David Suisman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009

ISBN

9780674054684

0674054687

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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.