| Stage to Studio: Musicians and the Sound Revolution, 1890-1950 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Kraft, James P. (Author), Scranton, Philip B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0801877423 ISBN-13: 9780801877421 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: Between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth century, technology transformed the entertainment industry as much as it did such heavy industries as coal and steel. Among those most directly affected were musicians, who had to adapt to successive inventions and refinements in audio technology -- from wax cylinders and gramophones to radio and sound films. In this groundbreaking study, James P. Kraft explores the intersection of sound technology, corporate power, and artistic labor during this disruptive period. Kraft begins in the late nineteenth century's "golden age" of musicians, when demand for skilled instrumentalists often exceeded supply, analyzing the conflicts in concert halls, nightclubs, recording studios, radio stations, and Hollywood studios as musicians began to compete not only against their local counterparts but also against highly skilled workers in national "entertainment factories." Kraft offers an illuminating case study in the impact of technology on industry and society -- and a provocative chapter in the cultural history of America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Business Aspects - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 331.041 |
| Series: Studies in Industry and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.04" W x 9.12" (0.94 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth century, technology transformed the entertainment industry as much as it did such heavy industries as coal and steel. Among those most directly affected were musicians, who had to adapt to successive inventions and refinements in audio technology--from wax cylinders and gramophones to radio and sound films. In this groundbreaking study, James P. Kraft explores the intersection of sound technology, corporate power, and artistic labor during this disruptive period. Kraft begins in the late nineteenth century's "golden age" of musicians, when demand for skilled instrumentalists often exceeded supply, analyzing the conflicts in concert halls, nightclubs, recording studios, radio stations, and Hollywood studios as musicians began to compete not only against their local counterparts but also against highly skilled workers in national "entertainment factories." Kraft offers an illuminating case study in the impact of technology on industry and society--and a provocative chapter in the cultural history of America. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kraft, James P.: - James P. Kraft is an associate professor of history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the author of Stage to Studio: Musicians and the Sound Revolution, 1890-1950, also published by Johns Hopkins. |