| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 valuable was this collection that it was purchased by the Smithsonian Institute. Folkways Records is an account of how he built this business, working against all odds, to create a landmark in the history of American music |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Asch, Moses
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Asch, Moses fast |
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Asch, Moses. swd |
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Folkways Records -- History
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Folkways Records fast |
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Sound recording industry -- United States -- History
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Sound recording executives and producers -- United States -- Biography
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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Sound recording executives and producers
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Sound recording industry
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Muziekwetenschap.
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Geluidsarchieven.
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United States
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135353483 |
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1135353484 |
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9780203953044 |
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0203953045 |
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0415937094 |
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9780415937092 |
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