From Edison to Marconi
Subtitle: The First Thirty Years of Recorded Music
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: June 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780786420612
Subjects: Electronics & Communications Engineering; Music recording & reproduction; Sound Recording And Recordings; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Sound recordings; Music; Sound; Performing Arts; Recording and reproducing; Radio - History & Criticism; History & Criticism - General; Sound recording industry; Recording & Reproduction; History; General
Description: "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.