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Phonograph:

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A primitive recording machine consisting of a tin foil wrapped cylinder, needle, microphone, and crank, created by Edison in 1877

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Graphophone:

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Similar idea to the phonograph, used a wax cylinder, created by Chichester Bell and Charles Tainter

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Gramophone:

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Used a disk instead of a cylinder, created by Emile Berliner

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Jesse Lippincott:

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Bought rights to the phonograph and the graphophone. Came up with the idea that the phonograph could record music instead of just spoken voice

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Victrola:

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The first disk player designed to look like a piece of furniture

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Jazz:

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Emerged from the roots of the black experience in America, was spontaneous, individualistic, and sensual

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Defining Features of Sound Recording:

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• Acts as a Cultural Force: Helps categorize social groups and define moments and trends in American society• Acts as an International Enterprise: Artists can sell their music wherever they want in the country• Is a unique blend of business and talent

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Technology:

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• The MP3, smart phones with a built in MP3, and the online Apple store were the three biggest developments of the past two decades• New technology allowed consumers to buy individual songs instead of full albums, allowed them to listen to music via portable device, caused record stores to disappear, and created a cottage industry for MP3’s (all the accessories that can be bought for MP3’s

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• The First Computer:

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Took the drudgery out of repetitive arithmetical calculations, invented by Blaise Pascal

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• The Second Computer:

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Invented by a German Mathematician named Gottfried Wilhelm von Liebnitz, a system while explored binary arithmetic (became the model for the computers we use today)