| Physical description |
x, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Music culture. |
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Music/culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Technology, Consumption, and Musical Practice -- 2. The Industrial Context of a "Revolution" in Marketing and Design -- 3. Invention and Innovation in Electronic Instrument Design -- 4. Consumption and "Democratization": Digital Synthesizers, Sounds, and MIDI -- 5. Music Periodicals, the Instrument Industry, and the Musicians' Community -- 6. Communication Networks and User Groups: A Musical Democracy? -- 7. Music/Technology/Practice: Musical Knowledge in Action -- 8. The New "Sound" of Music: Technology and Changing Concepts of Music -- 9. "Live" and Recorded: MIDI Sequencing, the Home Studio, and Copyright -- 10. Conclusion: Toward a New Model of Musical Production and Consumption. |
| Summary |
Theberge places recent technological developments within a broad social and historical perspective to illuminate the changing relationships between musical concepts, styles, and technology. |
| Subject |
Electronic musical instruments.
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Music and technology.
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Computer sound processing.
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| ISBN |
0819553077 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0819563099 (paper : alkaline paper) |
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