Folkways records : Moses Asch and his encyclopedia of sound

Folkways records : Moses Asch and his encyclopedia of sound / Tony Olmsted.

In 1949, immigrant recording engineer Moses Asch embarked on a lifelong project: documenting the world of sound produced by mankind, via a small record label called Folkways Records. By the time of his death in 1986, he had amassed an archive of over 2,200 LPs and thousands of hours of tapes; so val...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olmsted, Tony
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2003.
Subjects:
Asch, Moses.
Asch, Moses
Folkways Records > History.
Folkways Records
Sound recording industry > United States > History.
Sound recording executives and producers > United States > Biography.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Sound recording executives and producers
Sound recording industry
Muziekwetenschap.
Geluidsarchieven.
United States
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Early influences : 1870s to 1930s
  • Beginnings : Asch Records
  • Broadening the mandate : disc records of America
  • The birth of Folkways Records
  • The business of making records
  • Finances
  • Easing the burden : Folkways in the 1960s
  • The sale of Folkways.

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