MUSIC RECORDING & REPRODUCING

Following are selected sources in the UArts Music Library on the history, practice, and cultural influence of sound recordings and the sound recording industry. The list suggests the various ways the subject can be approached, and does not aim to address all aspects of the field.





REFERENCE SOURCES


Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. 2nd ed. Ed. Frank Hoffmann. New York: Routledge, 2005.
REF ML102 .S7E5 2005

Music Archiving in the World. Ed. Gabriele Berlin and Artur Simon. Berlin: Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung, 2002.
REF ML111.5 .M87 2002
 
Sound Recording Practice. 4th ed. Ed. John Borwick. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
REF TK7881.4 .S68 1994

White, Glenn. The Audio Dictionary. 2nd ed. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991.
REF ML102 .A8W55 1991






CONSERVATION OF SOUND RECORDINGS


Das Berliner Phonogram-Archiv 1900-2000. Ed. Artur Simon. Berlin: Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung, 2000.
ML33 .B4E75 2000

Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis. Ed. Council members. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources, 2001.
ML3544 .F65 2001

McWilliams, Jerry. The Preservation and Restoration of Sound Recordings. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1979.
TS2301 .P3M23 1979






HISTORY & INFLUENCE OF SOUND RECORDINGS


Chanan, Michael. Repeated Takes: A Short History of Recording and its Effects on Music. London: Verso, 1995.
ML1055 .C428 1995

Day, Timothy. A Century of Recorded Music: Listening to Musical History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.
ML1055 .D39C4 2000

Doyle, Peter. Echo and Reverb: Fabricating Space in Popular Music Recording, 1900-1960. Middleton, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2005.
ML3470 .D695 2005

Morton, David. Off the Record: The Technology and Culture of Sound Recording in America. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2000.
ML1055 .M87O4 2000

Philip, Robert. Early Recordings and Musical Style: Changing Tastes in Instrumental Performance, 1900-1950. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
ML457 .P555E2 2004

Sterne, Jonathan. The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003.
ML1055 .S747 2003

Weiss, Allen. Breathless: Sound Recording, Disembodiment, and the Transformation of Lyrical Nostalgia. Middleton: Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2002.
ML3849 .W457 2002

Welch, Walter. From Tinfoil to Stereo: The Acoustic Years of the Recording Industry, 1877-1929. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1994.
ML1055 .W45F7 1994

Wired for Sound: Engineering and Technologies in Sonic Cultures. Ed. Paul Greene & Thomas Porcello. Middleton, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2005.
ML3470 .W574 2005





THE GLOBAL RECORDING INDUSTRY


Burnett, Robert. The Global Jukebox: The International Music Industry. London: Routledge, 1996.
ML3790 .B87G5 1996

Gronow, Pekka, and Ilpo Saunio. An International History of the Recording Industry. Trans. Christopher Moseley. London: Cassell, 1998.
ML3792 .G76I5 1998

Kennedy, Rick. Little Labels, Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999.
ML3792 .K46L5 1999

Taylor, Timothy. Global Pop: World Music, World Markets. New York: Routledge, 1997.
ML3470 .T39G5 1997

Wallis, Roger. Big Sounds from Small Peoples: The Music Industry in Small Countries. London: Constable, 1984.
REF ML3790 .W254 1984





CURRENT RECORDING PRACTICE


Alten, Stanley. Audio in Media. 6th ed. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth/Thomson, 2002.
TK7881.4 .A46 2002

Burgess, Richard. The Art of Music Production. 3rd ed. London: Omnibus Press, 2005.
ML3795 .B875 2005

Gallagher, Mitch, and Jim Mandell. The Studio Business Book: A Guide to Professional Recording Studio Business and Management. 3rd ed. Boston: ArtistPro Publishing, 2006.
TK7881.4 G254 2006
 
Gibson, Bill. Sound Advice on MIDI Production. Vallejo, Calif.: ProAudio Press, 2002.
MT723 .G53S6 2002

Gilreath, Paul. The Guide to MIDI Orchestration. 3rd ed. Marietta, Ga.: MusicWorks Atlanta, 2004.
MT723 .G55G8 2004

Huber, David, and Robert Runstein. Modern Recording Techniques. 6th ed. Boston: Focal Press, 2005.
TK7881.4 .H824 2005

Sokol, Mike. The Acoustic Musician's Guide to Sound Reinforcement & Live Recording. Upper Saddle River N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1998.
TK7881.4 .S65A2 1998

White, Paul. The Sound on Sound Book of Creative Recording. 2 vols. London: Sanctuary Publishing, 1999.
TK7881.4 .W558 1999









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