Phonograph

A new era was brought upon many people around the world and soon became known as the Roaring 20s, which lasted for nine years between 1920 to 1929.The Roaring 20s was a time where many major cities all around the world sustained an economic prosperity. This created a distinct cultural edge in the metropolises where it soon became an age-changing decade. Roaring 20s is an indicator of political change, as well as dramatic social revolution. The United States of America’s total wealth increased…

In this essay, I will be taking an in depth study into a musical idea or possibly referred to as a musical movement or genre. This process will then further consist of looking at a single composer and a chosen piece of work. The musical idea I chose to be electronic music, as I feel in this current musical era, its is incredibly popular and so wanted to have a look into its roots and someone who impacted the growth and style - Pierre Schaeffer. This composer had his very own particular outlook…

Since theatre first became popular in the times of the Greek, the use of sound to enhance theatrical experience has been prominent. However, many leaps have been made since then to improve a sound designer’s abilities to create different and intricate sounds in their design processes. The evolution of sound playback systems is a key element in the development of sound design in theatre. Through exploration of the history of sound playback, the current available playback systems on the market and…

Thomas Alva Edison is undoubtedly the most influential American from the 20th century. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio in 1847 (Hart 222-225). When he first began school, “Edison’s teacher thought he was addled” (Allaby and Gjertsen 13), and his mother soon pulled him out. As a homeschooled child, Edison became an avid entrepreneur at a young age (Allaby and Gjertsen 14-23). He sold newspapers on a train as well as candy and fruit to supplement his earnings. When Edison found an empty train car,…

Many Mexican women were hired by food-processing industries in Los Angles. Even 25% women had jobs in industries during the 1930s. The single girls living with their parents were working in the cannery and helping their parents by sharing their income. Even the historians Louise Tilly and Joan Scott also explain that in the 20th century, the Mexican families remained in the lower to middle class, where every family member contributes to the household by sharing their income and eating from the…

For example, Thomas Edison was extremely famous. Given credit for inventing the lightbulb, he also made the Phonograph, a device that can record and playback one’s voice, and the electric generator. He had his own laboratory where he also invented the first motion picture and an improved battery. Lewis Altimeter would soon improve Edison’s light bulb with a carbon…

Throughout the novel, Stoker makes references to modern conveniences for instance Dr Steward maintains his journal using a phonograph, which was considered new and expensive during the time of Dracula's writing, even Mina Murray is shown using modern technology by typing her letters on a type writer. Both instances give the novel a sense of credibility, since it seems that everybody in England is trying to walk into the future of progress as well as advancement. Even though the novel begins in a…

The Gilded Age, an era of mixed progression, occurred from the 1870s to the early 1900s. The United States had just come out of its Reconstruction period prior to the Gilded Age; a newly established United States was ready to be molded, or rather, “gilded.”Mark Twain, a famous author, named the era between the 1870s and early 1900s the Gilded Age. Twain gave this era such a name because this time period displayed American civilization to be cheap and flawed at its core. Although the economy was…

The Right to Be Forgotten was passed in Europe in the last few years. Jeffrey Rosen, a professor of law, discusses “The Right to Be Forgotten.” This article shows three categories of the law explained by Peter Fleischer. The first category is the least controversial; if people put their pictures on the Facebook, they can easily take them down. In Europe, The Right to Be Forgotten protects the secret of each individual on the social network. The second category has more debates that people copy…

In Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom Ripley claims that “the main thing about impersonation, was to maintain the mood and temperament of the person one was impersonating, and to assume the facial expressions that went with them. The rest fell into place” (125). Although he makes impersonation sound easy, it takes more than impersonating for him to assume a new identity. In fact, Ripley’s attempt to become Dickie Greenleaf is not so successful. After killing his friend…