A technology and its vicissitudes: playing the gramophone in Sweden 1903–1945
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: This inquiry deals with the changing role of the technology and the use of phonographs and gramophones during the first half of the 20 th century. Rather than looking at the UK or USA, which much previous research has done, the focus is on peripheral Sweden. More specifically the question is how phonography turned from being a scientific curiosity into becoming an everyday media technology, and how it thereby influenced culture and everyday musical communication. The findings show two distinct approaches to recorded music, which intermingle in today's unprecedented musicalisation of culture and everyday life around the globe – approaches respectively described as utilitarian and solipsistic.
Source: Popular Music
Author: Ulrik Volgsten
Institution: Örebro University
Language: English
Topic: Music History and Culture
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,980
OpenAlex ID: W2943376339