Howard Goodall's Big Bangs: The Development of Recorded Sound

Programme Aims

The key aims of this programme are to:

  • introduce the viewer to the history of recorded sound
  • explore the effect Edison's invention had on western music
  • show how the advent of recorded sound changed the perceptions and expectations of the listener
  • show how developments in contemporary music of all genres are indebted to this invention

 

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