History Of The Phonography

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When the phonograph first became popular in America, people were finally able to have music at home and other places without it having to be performed live. With "records", people were also able to listen to different types of music. Before the phonograph, people only heard music that was popular or played in their own areas. The spectrum of influence that musicians had became significantly larger once their music could be produced and sent to different areas.

Because of the rate technology becomes more advanced, the phonograph soon became a thing of the past. One-hundred years after the phonograph was created in 1877, computer technology had already begun to advance vastly. The idea of music being produced and dispersed to many people was

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