Sound recordings / Peter Copeland.
By: Copeland, Peter
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BookPublisher: London : British Library, 1991Description: 80 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0712302255 .Subject(s): Sound recordings -- History | Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- HistoryDDC classification: 621.38932 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 621.38932 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00016708 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is an introduction to the history of recording, looking at the recordings themselves, and to the technical, commercial and artistic considerations that have shaped them. The text contains information, ideas and anecdotes, and technical issues are addressed in an accessible manner.
Includes bibliographical references (page 80).
Introduction -- Milestones in recording techniques The empirical era -- Milestones in recording techniques The scientific era -- Labels -- Fakes and forgeries -- Freaks and follies -- The five senses.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Peter F. Copeland was born September 19, 1957. He received a B.A. from Lawrence University in Wisconsin, and also attended the University of Exeter in England. An experienced reporter, Copeland worked for the City News Bureau of Chicago from 1980 to 1982, the El Paso (Texas) Herald Post from 1982 to 1984, and the Scripps-Howard News Service in Washington, D.C. in 1984.Copeland has written books on United States history, including From Antietam to Gettysburg, (1983), She Went to War: The Rhonda Cornum Story (with Rhonda Cornum), (1993), and Great Native Americans, (1997). He has also authored numerous historical coloring books.
(Bowker Author Biography)