SOUNDS
Chapter 1:
When Songs Became a Business
Chapter 2:
Making Hits
Chapter 3:
Music Without Musicians
- Caruso
Chapter 4
The Traffic in Voices
Chapter 5
Musical Properties
Chapter 6
Perfect Pitch
Chapter 7
The Black Swan
Chapter 8
The Musical Soundscape of Modernity
Epilogue
SELLING SOUNDS
Chapter 3: Music Without Musicians
CARUSO
Enrico Caruso and other prestigious artists in the Red Seal series of the Victor Talking Machine Company had a far-reaching influence in legitimizing the phonograph in the world of musical culture. Here’s Caruso singing “Vesti la giubba” from Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Caruso’s most famous role:
