CMNS 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Phonograph, Spotify, Your Hit Parade
23 Oct 2018
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Recorded music: music became a tangible, material object to be bought and sold. Recording industry: (cid:272)e(cid:374)t(cid:396)alizatio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)dust(cid:396)ializatio(cid:374) of (cid:373)usi(cid:272)(cid:859)s p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)tio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)su(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) around audio media. Associated with birth of popular music and industry today. Collection of new york city publishers and musicians who were integral in developing an industry around popular music. Dates back to about 1885, and is influence on popular culture extended through the early-mid twentieth century. Even today, many of its contributions to music industry are still in place. Copyright law and claim for royalties based on registration of melodies and lyrics: musical attributes that are emphasized in european musical tradition. Late 19th century and early 20th century music industry based mainly on distribution and consumption of sheet music. Precedents for copyright were established during era in which written text was universal form (precedent still largely in place today)
