From Tinfoil to Stereo

The Acoustic Years of the Recording Industry, 1877-1929

Walter L. Welch, Leah Brodbeck Stenzel Burt (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

1994
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-1317-6 (ISBN)

Infos

A reference book for record and phonograph collectors. This book investigates the individuals, the companies and the legal machinations that led to major developments in the talking-machine industry, up to the installation of sound on Hollywood stages and in movie theatres across the country.

Autor

Walter L. Welch was curator and director of the Diane and Arthur B. Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive and of its forerunner, the Thomas A. Edison Rerecording Laboratory, at Syracuse University. Among his honors are awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and from the Audio Engineering Society. Leah Brodbeck Stenzel Burt, retired curator of the Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, New Jersey, is the author of prizewinning articles on phonograph history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2006
• Vorwort: George L. Frow
• Zusatzinfo: 40 b&w photographs, notes, bibliography, index
• Verlagsort: Florida
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 587 g
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• ISBN-10: 0-8130-1317-8 / 0813013178
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-1317-6 / 9780813013176
• Zustand: Neuware