To some possible interpretations of the gramophone record as a media Cover Image

Към някои възможни интерпретации на грамофонната плоча като медия
To some possible interpretations of the gramophone record as a media

Author(s): Ventsislav Dimov
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Psychology, Music, Photography, Visual Arts, Civil Society, Communication studies, Sociology, Comparative history, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: gramophone; historical commercial records; technologies; mediatization; field of cultural production

Summary/Abstract: This article examines commercial gramophone records and focuses on their functioning as a medium in the first half of the twentieth century. During the first stage of the development of the shellac gramophone record (from the 1900s to the late 1920s), the gramophone record became the main medium of the music industry, had global distribution and sales, and competed with the leading media and forms of music and art reproduction: cinema and radio. The article focuses on several highlights. It asks how old commercial gramophone records should be studied today: as historical object, sound document, or media? Some methodological problems and directions for future research are pointed out. Examples are given of the history of the Bulgarian music industry and media music in the first half of the twentieth century.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 45-75
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Bulgarian