The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music
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The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
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The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music

About this book

From the cylinder to the download, the practice of music has been radically transformed by the development of recording and playback technologies. This Companion provides a detailed overview of the transformation, encompassing both classical and popular music. Topics covered include the history of recording technology and the businesses built on it; the impact of recording on performance styles; studio practices, viewed from the perspectives of performer, producer and engineer; and approaches to the study of recordings. The main chapters are interspersed by 'short takes' - short contributions by different practitioners, ranging from classical or pop producers and performers to record collectors. Combining basic information with a variety of perspectives on records and recordings, this book will appeal not only to students in a range of subjects from music to the media, but also to general readers interested in a fundamental yet insufficiently understood dimension of musical culture.

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Yes, you can access The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music by Nicholas Cook,Eric Clarke,Daniel Leech-Wilkinson,John Rink in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Music. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Illustrations
  7. Notes on contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. Personal takes:
  11. 1 Performing for (and against) the microphone*
  12. Personal takes:
  13. 2 Recording practices and the role of the producer
  14. Personal takes:
  15. 3 Getting sounds: The art of sound engineering
  16. Personal takes:
  17. 4 The politics of the recording studio: A case study from South Africa
  18. Personal takes:
  19. 5 From wind-up to iPod: Techno-cultures of listening
  20. Personal takes:
  21. 6 Selling sounds: Recordings and the record business
  22. Personal takes:
  23. 7 The development of recording technologies
  24. Personal takes:
  25. 8 The recorded document: Interpretation and discography
  26. 9 Methods for analysing recordings
  27. 10 Recordings and histories of performance style
  28. Personal takes:
  29. 11 Going critical: Writing about recordings
  30. Personal takes:
  31. Notes
  32. Bibliography
  33. Discography
  34. Index