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David Suisman

    Selling Sounds
    • 2012

      Selling Sounds

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      From Tin Pan Alley to grand opera, player-pianos to phonograph records, this title explores the rise of music as big business and the creation of a radically new musical culture. It uncovers the origins of the culture industry in music and chronicles how music ignited an auditory explosion that penetrated various aspects of society.

      Selling Sounds