Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded MusicIn 1915, Thomas Edison proclaimed that he could record a live performance and reproduce it perfectly, shocking audiences who found themselves unable to tell whether what they were hearing was an Edison Diamond Disc or a flesh-and-blood musician. Today, the equation is reversed. Whereas Edison proposed that a real performance could be rebuilt with absolute perfection, Pro Tools and digital samplers now allow musicians and engineers to create the illusion of performances that never were. In between lies a century of sonic exploration into the balance between the real and the represented. |
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An Aural History of Recorded Music Greg Milner. Perfecting Sound Forever An Aural History of Recorded Music Greg Milner Farrar, Straus and Giroux New York If there is a truth, it is that truth is.
... York, during which live orchestras would accompany recordings of opera singers. But Case's impromptu performance was something else altogether: proof that even under spontaneous, uncontrolled conditions, everything that Edison said ...
... York, and one in Brooklyn reportedly drew 1,800 people. The East Orange store began adding live musicians to the musicales to create smallerscale tone tests, and the response rate to the mailed invitations shot up. The first.
... York, the capital of high culture, and quite another to try it in sleepy East Orange. Many of the town's citizens found in their mail an invitation to a gala event on June 21: “The Civic Committee of The Woman's Club of the Oranges ...
... York to the world at large. Most of these featured Christine Miller and usually local musicians. First up was WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania, in front of a standingroomonly crowd of 1,400, for a concert that the local paper described as ...
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From the New World | |
Digital | |
Death and Other Dispatches from the Loudness | |
Liner Notes | |
Notes | |
Acknowledgments | |
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