02320nam 2200625 a 450 991096651010332120200520144314.09780674054684067405468710.4159/9780674054684(CKB)2670000000040452(OCoLC)648757482(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402530(SSID)ssj0000427950(PQKBManifestationID)11274729(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427950(PQKBWorkID)10413649(PQKB)10501970(MiAaPQ)EBC3300866(Au-PeEL)EBL3300866(CaPaEBR)ebr10402530(DE-B1597)574403(DE-B1597)9780674054684(OCoLC)1248759256(Perlego)1148562(EXLCZ)99267000000004045220090107d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSelling sounds the commercial revolution in American music /David Suisman1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20091 online resource (365 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674033375 067403337X Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-337) and index.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.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.Music tradeUnited StatesMusicUnited StatesHistory and criticismMusic tradeMusicHistory and criticism.338.4/7780973Suisman David1804216MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966510103321Selling sounds4352127UNINA