The Recording Angel: The Experience of Music from Aristotle to Zappa - Softcover

Eisenberg, Evan

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9780140113389: The Recording Angel: The Experience of Music from Aristotle to Zappa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014011338X ISBN 13: 9780140113389

Publisher: Penguin, 1988

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Examines the ways sound recording has changed the nature of music, discusses the influence of music on human behavior, and tells the stories of musicians and composers who have made sound recording an art form

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Review:

"A marvelous book, unlike any other."-Garry Giddins

"�The Recording Angel� throws out one arresting idea after another."--Timothy Day, author of A Century of Recorded Music
A marvelous book, unlike any other.Garry Giddins -- Garry Giddins

Praise for the first edition: Witty, perceptive, informed, and dazzlingly allusive. David Hamilton, The Nation
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[The Recording Angel] throws out one arresting idea after another. Timothy Day, author of A Century of Recorded Music
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An excellent work... Eisenberg explores so much uncharted territory... Long overdue. Michael Kimmelman, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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A marvelous book, unlike any other. Garry Giddins
--Garry Giddins"

A work of great originality and constantly stimulating argument. Geoffrey O Brien
--Geoffrey O Brien"

Witty, perceptive, informed, and dazzlingly allusive. David Hamilton, "Nation "

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--David Hamilton "Nation ""

Praise for the first edition: "Witty, perceptive, informed, and dazzlingly allusive."--David Hamilton, The Nation

About the Author:

Evan Eisenberg's writings on music, culture, and technology have appeared in The New Republic, The Village Voice, The New Yorker, The Nation, and other periodicals. His most recent book is The Ecology of Eden.

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