Absolute music, mechanical reproduction - Ashby, Arved Mark.; ebrary, Inc. (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010)
The recorded musical text -- Recording, repetition, and memory in absolute music -- Schnabel's rationalism, Gould's pragmatism -- Digital mythologies -- Beethoven and the iPod Nation -- Photo/phono/porno -- Mahler as imagist.
Includes bibliographical references (p.299-308) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Gould, Glenn -- Criticism and interpretation; Schnabel, Artur, -- 1882-1951 -- Criticism and interpretation; Absolute music; Sound recordings -- Social aspects; Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics; Performance practice (Music) -- History -- 20th century; Music and technology; Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques; MP3 (Audio coding standard) -- Social aspects; Electronic books