A Most Valuable Medium: The Remediation of Oral Performance on Early Commercial Recordings

by Richard Bauman

Between 1895 and 1920, the United States saw a sharp increase in commercial sound recording, the first mass medium of home entertainment.

As companies sought to discover what kinds of records would appeal to consumers, they turned to performance forms already familiar to contemporary audiences-sales pitches, oratory, sermons, and stories. In A Most Valuable Medium, Richard Bauman explores the practical problems that producers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253065186
• ISBN13: 9780253065186
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"