TY - GEN
T1 - Early history of amplified music
T2 - AES 59th International Conference: Sound Reinforcement Engineering and Technology
AU - Mulder, Johannes
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © Audio Engineering Society 2015.
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - The earliest manifestation of electronically amplified music performance where made possible by more or less contemporaneous and preceding developments in telephony, radio and sound film. This transectorial innovation is discussed by highlighting the improved directional characteristics of transducers in late 1920s. By applying a second theoretical construct that refers to centrifugal and centripetal forces, the paper goes on to argue that, lacking the requirements of distribution networks the sector grew up very different in comparison to the other electroacoustic industries. In conclusion the paper proposes to, instead of aiming for one history of amplified music with a well established timeline, historians are better of researching the many individual local histories of all the roadies, sound engineers, entrepreneurs and specialized R&D professionals that populate the stories of live sound.
AB - The earliest manifestation of electronically amplified music performance where made possible by more or less contemporaneous and preceding developments in telephony, radio and sound film. This transectorial innovation is discussed by highlighting the improved directional characteristics of transducers in late 1920s. By applying a second theoretical construct that refers to centrifugal and centripetal forces, the paper goes on to argue that, lacking the requirements of distribution networks the sector grew up very different in comparison to the other electroacoustic industries. In conclusion the paper proposes to, instead of aiming for one history of amplified music with a well established timeline, historians are better of researching the many individual local histories of all the roadies, sound engineers, entrepreneurs and specialized R&D professionals that populate the stories of live sound.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84945574569
T3 - Proceedings of the AES International Conference
BT - Proceedings of the AES 59th International Conference
A2 - Kok, Ben
A2 - Leonard, Brett
PB - Audio Engineering Society
Y2 - 15 July 2015 through 17 July 2015
ER -