1st Edition
The Player Piano and Musical Labor The Ghost in the Machine
By Allison Rebecca Wente
Copyright 2022
164 Pages
41 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
164 Pages
41 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
164 Pages
41 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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By the early 20th century the machine aesthetic was a well-established and dominant interest that fundamentally transformed musical performance and listening practices. While numerous scholars have examined this aesthetic in art and literature, musical compositions representing industrialized labor practices and the role of the machine in music remain largely unexplored. Moreover, in recounting... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1: Queue the Roll: Taylorized Labor Practices and Music of the Machine Age
Chapter 2: Unveiling the Editor’s Hand: A Sonic Comparison of Rachmaninoff’s C# Minor Prelude on Roll and Record
Chapter 3: Phantom Fingers at Work: Selling Mechanized Musical Labor in a Changing Musical Marketplace
Chapter 4: Absolute Music and the Player Piano
Chapter 5: The Player Piano, Revisited
Biography
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.
