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Description edit
First published in 1987, Evan Eisenberg’s The Recording Angel has been translated into several languages and is now considered a classic by those with an interest in the intersection of music and technology. Eisenberg offers an unusually well-written and thought-provoking study of how the... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Clarence: Add a description of this character.
- Glenn Gould
- Nina
- Varese
- Stokowski
- Louis Armstrong
- Saul
- Schopenhauer
- Legge
- Caruso
- Cyrano
- Mozart
- Stockhausen
- Stravinsky
- Muzak
- Tomas
- Fred Gaisberg
- Langer
- Thoreau
- Wagner
- Starbuck
- Busoni
- Culshaw
- Aristotle
- Don Giovanni
- Strauss
- Compton Mackenzie
- Marco
- Toscanini
- Yuko
- Billie Holiday
- Schwarzkopf
- Bessie Smith
- Bach
- Beethoven
- Babbitt
- Frank Zappa
- Weill
- Morton
- Chaplin
- Partch
- Edison
- Maria Callas
- John Cage
- Rubinstein
First Sentence edit
From the outside Clarence's house looks like the others in this part of Bellmore, Long Island.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Words and Music: Our Favorite 60 Music Books (Pitchfork). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Evan Eisenberg (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 306.4842
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