This unique anthology assembles primary documents chronicling the
development of the phonograph, film sound, and the radio. These three
sound technologies shaped Americans' relation to music from the late
nineteenth century until the end of the Second World War, by which time
the technologies were thoroughly integrated into everyday life. There
are more than 120 selections between the collection's first piece, an
article on the phonograph written by Thomas Edison in 1878, and its
last, a column advising listeners "desirous of gaining more
from music as presented by the radio." Among the selections are
articles from popular and trade publications, advertisements, fan
letters, corporate records, fiction, and sheet music. Taken together,
the selections capture how the new sound technologies were shaped by
developments such as urbanization, the increasing value placed on
leisure time, and the rise of the advertising industry. Most
importantly, they depict the ways that the new sound technologies were
received by real people in particular places and moments in time.
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