The Player Piano and Musical Labor: The Ghost in the Machine

ISBN-13: 9780367553876 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 142 str.

Allison Wente

Opis

By the early twentieth century the machine aesthetic was a well-established and dominant interest that fundamentally transformed musical performance and listening practices.This book explores that shift, examining the rise and fall of the player piano in early twentieth-century society and connecting it to the digital technologies of today.

O autorze

Allison Rebecca Wente is Assistant Professor of Music at Elon University, where she teaches Music Theory. Her research focuses on mechanical music, especially the role of the player piano in the early 20th century.