Music is as self-reflexive as any of the arts, even if its generally greater power to transport sometimes deceives us into thinking otherwise. Dust-to-Digital's marvelously titled I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces compiles music, photographs and literary excerpts that reflect on or present music itself as subject matter, from the earliest days of the phonograph. Culled from artist Steve Roden's collection of thousands of vernacular photographs related to music, sound and listening, the many gems to be found ...
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Music is as self-reflexive as any of the arts, even if its generally greater power to transport sometimes deceives us into thinking otherwise. Dust-to-Digital's marvelously titled I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces compiles music, photographs and literary excerpts that reflect on or present music itself as subject matter, from the earliest days of the phonograph. Culled from artist Steve Roden's collection of thousands of vernacular photographs related to music, sound and listening, the many gems to be found in this book (and its accompanying two CDs) include accounts of the Barnum-esque Professor McRea ("Ontario's Musical Wonder" ) and anonymous African-American guitar players, and an amazing trove of photographs of early phonographs. Other images range from professional portraits to accidental double exposures, via photographic formats such as tintypes, ambrotypes, cdvs, cabinet cards, real photo postcards and albumen prints. The two CDs bring together a variety of recordings, including one-off amateur recordings, regular commercial releases and early sound effects records. An array of contemporaneous quotations on music and early music technology from writers such as Knut Hamsun, Vladimir Nabokov and P???r Lagerkvist, as well as an essay by Steve Roden, bind the volume's conception into a unique meditation on recorded music's earliest consciousness of itself.
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Good. Size: 6x1x8; Clean pages with no markings. Some wear on edges and corners. Ships same day in most cases! The image in this listing is stock photo for reference. Actual item may differ. Any queries, just ask for photos. Your satisfaction matters! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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Very good. No jacket. CD included. The bottom edge of the front cover is slightly shelf worn with the back cover hinge being slightly stained. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.
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Very Good- No Dust Jacket. Size: 6x1x8; A good+/very good-hardcover copy, no dust jacket as issued. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. White papered over illustrated boards are quite worn with soil, edgewear, small tear to hinge area at top that looks to have been glued, paper worn at corners. Both compact discs are present, though we have not been able to test them out. Interior appears free of markings and text/images are very good. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.
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New. 0981734243. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--WITH AUDIO CDs. 184 pp.; 148 color illustrations. --with a bonus offer--
