Bibliography
BIBLIOGRAPHY PART ONE: SOUND DESIGN AND RECORDED MUSIC Alexander, Robert Charles. Inventor of Stereo: The Life and Work of Alan Daver Blumlein. Boston: Focal Press, 1999. The well-told story of the great inventor whose death was hushed up during WWII. Bill, Edward Lyman. The Talking Machine World (Jan. 15, 1905-Dec. 15, 1928). New York. This monthly periodical devoted to the trade is a storehouse of information on recordings and equipment, people in the business and every gadget invented which promised “vastly improved” sound. Available on microfilm. Chanan, Michael. Repeated Takes – A Short History of Recording and Its Effects on Music. London: Verso, 1995. An excellent read, filled with little-known facts. Craggs, Stewart R. Soundtracks: An International Dictionary of Composers for Film. Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1998. The title tells all. Day, Timothy. A Century of Recorded Music. Listening to Musical History. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000. Filled with some thought-provoking theories on the importance of recordings. Dearling, Robert and Celia, and Brian Rust. The Guinness Book of Recorded Sound. Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Books, 1984. Packed with cocktail party chit-chat facts and figures. Dearling, Robert and Celia, and Brian Rust. Music Facts & Feats. Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Books, 1984. More of the same, but covers all aspects of the music-making world. Perhaps even more than a person needs to know. Gelatt, Roland. The Fabulous Phonograph 1877–1977. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1977. An overview of the industry and the people in it written by an obvious enthusiast. Katz, Mark. Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music.
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