- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press; Pap/Com edition (22 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0520243803
- ISBN-13: 978-0520243804
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.5 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 459,009 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"I only wish I had put as much thought into making records as Mark Katz does in appreciating and analyzing them. I've always said that what I do is not rocket science but critiques like this make it sound like it has a place in modern culture." - Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, composer, producer, DJ; "Katz provides a model of how studies of music and technology should be done." - Tim Taylor, author of Global Pop"
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There is more to sound recording than just recording sound. Far from being simply a tool for the preservation of music, the technology is a catalyst. This is the clear message of Capturing Sound, a wide-ranging, deeply informative, consistently entertaining history of recording's profound impact on the musical life of the past century, from Edison to the Internet. In a series of case studies, Mark Katz explores how recording technology has encouraged new ways of listening to music, led performers to change their practices, and allowed entirely new musical genres to come into existence. An accompanying CD, featuring thirteen tracks from Chopin to Public Enemy, allows readers to hear what Katz means when he discusses music as varied as King Oliver's "Dippermouth Blues," a Jascha Heifetz recording of a Brahms Hungarian Dance, and Fatboy Slim's "Praise You."
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Anytown, U.S.A., 1905: a family and several neighbors stand in the parlor of a modest home, staring with equal parts curiosity and skepticism at one of the technological marvels of the day. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Very useful book for music students, it covers history, present and future of popular music and well written, not boring like other academic books
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This book is covers greatly the history of sound recording. Especially the early history from the mid 19th century until the coming of CD in the 1980's is covered in depth with interesting stories. I'm using this book as one of my main sources for my ethnomusicology master's thesis on the coming of CD, even though this book doesn't have so much to say about that subject. However, it gives a lot of inspiration on how a history of a technology can be written.
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In summary, this is a well-researched , relevant , pleasant to read book , from a broadminded author who shows his capability to think laterally. The book provides sufficient evidence to enforce the thesis that technology has changed the way how we experience music.
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