Music and Technology: A Historical Encyclopedia
byJames E. Perone, PhD, is emeritus professor of music at the University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH.
20220430
Greenwood
Pages | 352 |
Topics | 8-Track Tapes;YouTube;Video Games;Theremins;Theater Organs;Streaming;Smartphone Apps;Sheet Music;Radio;Quadraphonic and Surround Sound;Player Pianos;Peer-to-Peer File Sharing;Music Videos;MP3s;Metronomes;Digital Synthesizers;Computer-Generated Music;Auto-Tune |
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This book introduces readers to the most significant technological developments in music making and listening, including such topics as metronomes and the development of music notation as well as synthesizers, the latest music collaboration apps, and other 21st-century technologies.
Rather than focusing on technical and mechanical details, Music and Technology: A Historical Encyclopedia features the sociological role of technological developments by highlighting the roles they have played in society throughout time.
Students and music fans alike will gain valuable insight from this alphabetized encyclopedia of the most significant examples of technological changes that have impacted the creation, production, dissemination, recording, and/or consumption of music. The book also contains a chronology of milestone events in the history of music and technology as well as sidebars that focus on several key individual musicians and inventors.
- Includes 100 entries on the most important technological achievements related to music making, sharing, and listening
- Traces the evolution of music and technology from antiquity to the 21st century, including information on how the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the way music is created and disseminated
- Approaches the content through a historical and sociological lens rather than a purely technical one
- Offers bibliographic sources and a glossary of terms for readers new to this field of study
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Music and Technology: A Historical Encyclopedia
Author(s): Perone, James;Contributors: Perone, James;Abstract:This book introduces readers to the most significant technological developments in music making and listening, including such topics as metronomes and the development of music notation as well as synthesizers, the latest music collaboration apps, and other 21st-century technologies.
Rather than focusing on technical and mechanical details, Music and Technology: A Historical Encyclopedia features the sociological role of technological developments by highlighting the roles they have played in society throughout time.
Students and music fans alike will gain valuable insight from this alphabetized encyclopedia of the most significant examples of technological changes that have impacted the creation, production, dissemination, recording, and/or consumption of music. The book also contains a chronology of milestone events in the history of music and technology as well as sidebars that focus on several key individual musicians and inventors.
- Includes 100 entries on the most important technological achievements related to music making, sharing, and listening
- Traces the evolution of music and technology from antiquity to the 21st century, including information on how the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the way music is created and disseminated
- Approaches the content through a historical and sociological lens rather than a purely technical one
- Offers bibliographic sources and a glossary of terms for readers new to this field of study
SortTitle: music and technology: a historical encyclopediaAuthor Info:James E. PeroneauthorJames E. Perone, PhD, is emeritus professor of music at the University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH.
eISBN-13: 9781440878305Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440878305.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440878299Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 352Publication Date: 20220430- Cover Cover11
- Half Title i2
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Preface and Acknowledgments ix10
- Introduction xiii14
- Chronology xxiii24
- An A–Z of Music Technology through the Years 134
- Amplification 134
- Analog Synthesizers 538
- Artificial Intelligence 740
- Auto-Tune 1043
- Boomboxes 1346
- Bose, Amar G. and the Bose Corporation 1649
- Brass Instruments 1952
- Cassette Tapes 2356
- Collaboration Software 2760
- Compact Discs (CDs) 3063
- Computer-Composed Music 3366
- Computer-Generated Music 3669
- Desktop and Laptop Computers 3972
- Digital Audio Tape (DAT) 4174
- Digital Recording 4275
- Digital Synthesizers 4477
- Distortion 4679
- DJ-ing 4982
- Dolby Noise Reduction 5184
- Drum Machines 5386
- Edison Phonograph 5992
- Effects Pedals 6194
- 8-Track Tapes 6497
- Electric Guitars 67100
- Electrical Recording 70103
- Electronic Keyboard Instruments 73106
- Electronic Tuners 77110
- Electronic Wind Instruments (EWI) 80113
- 45-rpm Records 83116
- GarageBand 87120
- Generative Music 89122
- Gramophones and Victrolas 90123
- Headphones 95128
- Instructional Software 99132
- Internet Radio 101134
- iPads and Other Tablets 103136
- iPods and Other Portable Digital Music Players 105138
- iTunes 108141
- Jukeboxes 111144
- Karaoke 115148
- Leslie Speaker 119152
- Loops 121154
- Loudspeakers 123156
- Mechanical Organs 127160
- Mellotrons 130163
- Metronomes 132165
- Microphones 135168
- MIDI 138171
- Mixing Boards 140173
- Moog Synthesizers 143176
- Motion Picture Soundtracks 147180
- MP3s 150183
- MTV and Music Videos 152185
- Multi-Track Recording 155188
- Music Boxes 158191
- Music Notation Software 161194
- Music Printing with Movable Type 164197
- Musical Notation 167200
- Muzak 170203
- Ondes Martenots 173206
- Orchestral String Instruments 174207
- Organs 177210
- PA Systems 181214
- Pandora and the Music Genome Project 182215
- Patches 184217
- Pedal Steel Guitars 185218
- Peer-to-Peer File Sharing 188221
- Percussion Instruments 191224
- Player Pianos 192225
- Quadraphonic and Surround Sound 197230
- Radio 201234
- Reel-to-Reel Tape 206239
- Resonator Guitars 209242
- Reverb 212245
- Sampling 215248
- Satellite Radio 217250
- Sequencers 219252
- 78-rpm Records 220253
- Sheet Music 223256
- Smartphones 226259
- Social Media 229262
- Sony Walkman and Discman 231264
- Stereophonic Sound 234267
- Streaming Audio Services 236269
- Tablature 239272
- Tape Manipulation 241274
- Theater Organs 244277
- Theremins 247280
- Transistor Radios 250283
- Video Games 253286
- Vinyl Albums 256289
- Virtual Accompanists 259292
- Virtual Studio Software 263296
- Virtual Synthesizers 264297
- Vocoders and Talk Boxes 266299
- Wire Recording 269302
- Woodwind Instruments 270303
- Yamaha Disklavier 275308
- Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer 277310
- YouTube 279312
- Glossary 283316
- Bibliography 287320
- Index 307340