MUSC 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Thomas Edison, Emile Berliner, Louis Glass
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Created a master of recording and put it on hot rubber to create a record. Wax eventually replaced with shellac (cid:862)little nipper(cid:863) Promoted by the victor machine company 1901. Animals used to get people more interested in technology personalize more friendly. Caught the attention of the white middle class (urban) More male voices recorded than female voices lower pitch less screechy. 1914 ascap american society of composers authors and publishers. A performing rights group focused on live performances. 11890s to 1950s (strongest in 20s-30s: street. Sales of popular music: part of the music industry. Devoted to sheet music and live performance. Opposed new tech bc they wanted to keep the sales of sheet music up: type of song written during the time. 16 or 32 measures in a section. Tin pan alley + ascap wanted it to be live and want people to buy sheet music not technology.
