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Looks at the history of recording technology and its effect on music, including artistic performance, listening habits, and audience participation.

In 1915, Thomas Edison proclaimed that he could record a live performance and reproduce it perfectly, shocking audiences who found themselves unable to tell whe

Have records, compact discs, and other sound reproduction equipment merely provided American listeners with pleasant diversions, or have more important historic

Featuring fascinating accounts from practitioners, this Companion examines how developments in recording have transformed musical culture.

When people attend classical music concerts today, they sit and listen in silence, offering no audible reactions to what they're hearing. We think of that as no