Hans-Joachim Braun is a professor of modern social, economic, and technological history at the Universitat der Bundeswehr in Hamburg, Germany.

A surprisingly good read, with a depth and coherence... Pays attention to both sound production and sound recording, as well as economic and social factors that have shaped the 20th century music industry... This is a very strong collection written by leading researchers in the field. -- Mark Clark ICON, The Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology An eclectic exploration of the relationship between electronics and music... The book covers fascinating and unusual ground, invoking artists as diverse as Orpheus and Guitar Slim to Fritz Kreisler, Conlon Nancarrow, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Electronic Musician This much-needed collection of critical essays addresses sound art from many new and interesting perspectives... Braun did a nice job of bringing together these 17 very strong and personal voices, which in the end make for good, thought-provoking reading. -- Chris Cobb Leonardo Reviews

• Contents:Introduction Keyboards, Crankshafts and Communication Electronic Instruments It all Began with a Broken Organ The Social Contruction of the Early My Soul is in the Machine Music and the City Monin On A Servile Imitation From Polka to Punk The Orgins of the 45 rpm Record at RCA Victor Tape Recording and Music Making Musicians and the Sounf Revolution Aesthetics out of Exigency The Social Reconstruction of a Reverse Salient in Electrical Guitar Technology Sound Sampling New Technology Musical Education and the New Media

Hans-Joachim Braun is a professor of modern social, economic, and technological history at the Universitat der Bundeswehr in Hamburg, Germany.

A surprisingly good read, with a depth and coherence... Pays attention to both sound production and sound recording, as well as economic and social factors that have shaped the 20th century music industry... This is a very strong collection written by leading researchers in the field. -- Mark Clark ICON, The Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology An eclectic exploration of the relationship between electronics and music... The book covers fascinating and unusual ground, invoking artists as diverse as Orpheus and Guitar Slim to Fritz Kreisler, Conlon Nancarrow, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Electronic Musician This much-needed collection of critical essays addresses sound art from many new and interesting perspectives... Braun did a nice job of bringing together these 17 very strong and personal voices, which in the end make for good, thought-provoking reading. -- Chris Cobb Leonardo Reviews

• Contents:Introduction Keyboards, Crankshafts and Communication Electronic Instruments It all Began with a Broken Organ The Social Contruction of the Early My Soul is in the Machine Music and the City Monin On A Servile Imitation From Polka to Punk The Orgins of the 45 rpm Record at RCA Victor Tape Recording and Music Making Musicians and the Sounf Revolution Aesthetics out of Exigency The Social Reconstruction of a Reverse Salient in Electrical Guitar Technology Sound Sampling New Technology Musical Education and the New Media

Hans-Joachim Braun is a professor of modern social, economic, and technological history at the Universitat der Bundeswehr in Hamburg, Germany.

A surprisingly good read, with a depth and coherence... Pays attention to both sound production and sound recording, as well as economic and social factors that have shaped the 20th century music industry... This is a very strong collection written by leading researchers in the field. -- Mark Clark ICON, The Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology An eclectic exploration of the relationship between electronics and music... The book covers fascinating and unusual ground, invoking artists as diverse as Orpheus and Guitar Slim to Fritz Kreisler, Conlon Nancarrow, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Electronic Musician This much-needed collection of critical essays addresses sound art from many new and interesting perspectives... Braun did a nice job of bringing together these 17 very strong and personal voices, which in the end make for good, thought-provoking reading. -- Chris Cobb Leonardo Reviews

• Contents:Introduction Keyboards, Crankshafts and Communication Electronic Instruments It all Began with a Broken Organ The Social Contruction of the Early My Soul is in the Machine Music and the City Monin On A Servile Imitation From Polka to Punk The Orgins of the 45 rpm Record at RCA Victor Tape Recording and Music Making Musicians and the Sounf Revolution Aesthetics out of Exigency The Social Reconstruction of a Reverse Salient in Electrical Guitar Technology Sound Sampling New Technology Musical Education and the New Media