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ISBN:
9781501346736
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1501346733
Inhalt:
"In the second half of the 20th century listening to music in the Western world became increasingly organized as listening to records. Making use of four case studies from the history of popular music, this book examines aspects of the cultivation and technologization of listening by applying concepts and methods of sound studies, media theory and musicology. It shows that records and the devices which play them are not playback technologies or passive intermediaries but active mediators and listening technologies which are involved in the constitution of the listener and the music listened to. Such listening devices of popular music built an assemblage of sound, media and auditory practices."--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Part I. Theory of Listening Devices -- 1. Listening Devices as Active Mediators. Constructing and Mastering Popular Music as Heard -- Part II. Technologization of Listening in Rock n Roll Culture, 1940-1960 -- 2. Listening to Records. The Single is Not Single -- 3. Playlists. Programming 1950s Juke Box Sound -- Part III. Technologization of Listening in Disco and Club Culture, 1970-1990 -- 4. Listening to Non-stop Streams out of Tracks. The 12-inch Single -- 5. Sound Systems. Tactile Listening -- Conclusion.
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Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5040/9781501346736
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