Inventing entertainment
Subtitle: the player piano and the origins of an American musical industry
By: Brian Dolan.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780742561274; 9780742564619
Subjects: Player piano -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Soundscape and memory; title: Missionaries and museums; title: Chronic mechanitis; title: Every collector's dream; title: A musical morse code; title: A search for identity; title: Possession; title: Expression; title: A race for the rolls; title: Music for the masses?