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Beschreibung
Stereo is everywhere. The whole culture and industry of music and sound became organized around the principle of stereophony during the twentieth century. But nothing about this-not the invention or acceptance or ubiquity of stereo-was inevitable. Nor did the aesthetic conventions, technological objects, and listening practices required to make sense of stereo emerge fully formed, out of the blue.

This groundbreaking book uncovers the vast amount of work that has been required to make stereo seem natural, and which has been necessary to maintain stereo's place as a dominant mode of sound reproduction for over half a century. The essays contained within this book are thematically grouped under (Audio) Positions, Listening Cultures, and Multichannel Sound and Screen Media; the cumulative effect is to advance research in music, sound, and media studies and to build new bridges between the fields.

With contributions from leading scholars across several disciplines, Living Stereo re-tells the history of twentieth-century aural and musical culture through the lens of stereophonic sound.
Stereo is everywhere. The whole culture and industry of music and sound became organized around the principle of stereophony during the twentieth century. But nothing about this-not the invention or acceptance or ubiquity of stereo-was inevitable. Nor did the aesthetic conventions, technological objects, and listening practices required to make sense of stereo emerge fully formed, out of the blue.

This groundbreaking book uncovers the vast amount of work that has been required to make stereo seem natural, and which has been necessary to maintain stereo's place as a dominant mode of sound reproduction for over half a century. The essays contained within this book are thematically grouped under (Audio) Positions, Listening Cultures, and Multichannel Sound and Screen Media; the cumulative effect is to advance research in music, sound, and media studies and to build new bridges between the fields.

With contributions from leading scholars across several disciplines, Living Stereo re-tells the history of twentieth-century aural and musical culture through the lens of stereophonic sound.
Über den Autor
Paul Théberge, Kyle Devine, Tom Everrett
Zusammenfassung
Tremendous line-up of contributors from North America, Europe, and Australia
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Living Stereo (Paul Théberge, Kyle Devine and Tom Everrett)

(AUDIO) POSITIONS

1. The "Sweet Spot": The Technology of Stereo and the Field of Auditorship (Tony Grajeda)

2. The Stereophonic Spaces of Soundscape (Jonathan Sterne)

3. Sonar and the Channelization of the Ocean (John Shiga)

LISTENING CULTURES

4. Training the Listener: Stereo Demonstration Discs in an Emerging Consumer Market (Tim J. Anderson)

5. Mono in the Stereo Age (Eric Barry)

6. Looking Past the Stereo Loudspeakers: From the Home to the Amplified Concert Hall (Jonathan Tee)

7. Recorded British Folk Song (Allan F. Moore)

MULTICHANNEL SOUND and SCREEN MEDIA

8. Television: Now with Two Channels of Audio (David Sedman)

9. The Grandeur(s) of CinemaScope (Matthew Malsky)

10. Atmos Now: Dolby Laboratories, Mixing Ideology and Hollywood Sound Production (Benjamin Wright)

11. A Symphony of Sound: Surround Sound in Formula One Racing Games (Ruth Dockwray and Karen Collins)

List of Contributors

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Importe, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Musikgeschichte
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781623566654
ISBN-10: 1623566657
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Theberge, Paul
Redaktion: Théberge, Paul
Devine, Kyle
Everrett, Tom
Hersteller: Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Théberge (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.03.2015
Gewicht: 0,443 kg
Artikel-ID: 132152717