Ashby, Arved Mark.

Absolute music, mechanical reproduction / Arved Ashby. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010. - xii, 317 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.299-308) and index.

The recorded musical text -- Recording, repetition, and memory in absolute music -- Schnabel's rationalism, Gould's pragmatism -- Digital mythologies -- Beethoven and the iPod Nation -- Photo/phono/porno -- Mahler as imagist.

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Gould, Glenn--Criticism and interpretation.
Schnabel, Artur, 1882-1951 --Criticism and interpretation.


Absolute music.
Sound recordings--Social aspects.
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
Performance practice (Music)--History--20th century.
Music and technology.
Sound--Recording and reproducing--Digital techniques.
MP3 (Audio coding standard)--Social aspects.

ML 3854 / .A84 2010