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Shea, William F. "The Role and Function of Technology in American Popular Music: 1945-64," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 1990.
Recorded music comes from a creative tradition (something made) and from a performance tradition (something done), yet it transcends both of these traditions by forming a new tradition: the Artistic/Technological tradition. It is argues that technology has an impact on the aural quality of recorded music. Thus as technology changes, audio production techniques respond to these changes, leading to new production values (i.e., new sounds) in popular music. This dissertation examines the changing technology that led to the rise of microgroove records, Rock ‘n’ Roll, stereophonic sound, and Pop music between 1945 and 1964.
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