
Published online:
24 September 2013
Published in print:
25 October 2012
Online ISBN:
9780199365869
Print ISBN:
9780199760282
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The recording industry: The Big Three The recording industry: The Big Three
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Holoman, D. Kern, 'Recordings', The Orchestra: A Very Short Introduction, Very Short Introductions (New York , 2012; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 Sept. 2013), https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199760282.003.0008, accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
The ability to reproduce sound has been around for a while. However, it was the invention and rapid deployment of the electric microphone and loudspeakers in the 1920s that altered the profile and bankbook of orchestras from the 1920s to the 1990s. This heralded the golden era of orchestra. ‘Recordings’ considers the influence of developments in the technology of sound amplification, broadcasting, and recording on the changing fortunes of the orchestra. It is now possible to stream audio and video on orchestra websites, perhaps the largest development to affect the orchestra since advances in recording technology in the 1950s and 1960s.
Keywords:
American Federation of Musicians, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ludwig van Beethoven, broadcasting, Herbert von Karajan, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, My Fair Lady, orchestra, Pictures at an Exhibition, recording, Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Series
Very Short Introductions
Collection:
Very Short Introductions
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