Stage to Studio: Musicians and the Sound Revolution, 1890-1950 - Rilegato

Kraft, James P.

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ISBN 10: 0801850894 ISBN 13: 9780801850899

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1996

Riassunto

An addendum to American entertainment history tracing the 19th century boom of musicians and their decline as the recording and film industries began to expand into the 20th century. Kraft (history, U. of Hawaii) likens professional musicians to the artisans of the 1800s facing big recording studios and Hollywood stages and the "entertainment factories" which they engendered, often leaving local performers out in the cold. Thus, their history becomes a case study of the impact of technology on industry and society. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Recensione:

"Historians might not have answers to the questions of technology displacing and deskilling workers, but they can lay out the facts and be sympathetic to the victims. This Kraft has done. He writes clearly and without bias, [and] has an understanding of his subjects that comes from his own background as a musician." -- André Millard, American Historical Review

"In Stage to Studio, James Kraft presents a concise, well-researched, and well-written historical account of the actions and reactions of unionized musicians as they faced new technologies and changing conditions of labor in early twentieth-century America... an important contribution to the literature on organized workers in America." -- Emily Thompson, Technology and Culture

"Combining techniques from social history, labor history, and the history of technology, Kraft weaves together archival material, oral history data, and secondary sources to produce an accessible narrative and a rich analysis." -- Harris M. Berger, Antenna

L'autore:

James P. Kraft is associate professor of history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0801850894
• ISBN 13: 9780801850899
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 255