From wind-up to iPod: techno-cultures of listening

For the Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music, which traces the changes to musical practices since the inception of recorded music in the 19th century till today, I wrote a chapter with Tia DeNora that dealt with the social aspects of music listening. Full abstract below.

Abstract

Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music

This chapter considers new modes of music attention over time and how these interacted with and were instigated by technologies and material practices. Situating listening to recorded music in the broader history of listening it explores the interaction between listening and various recording technologies, and how this has increased our reflexivity around music and the possibilities for actions. This then shows us that listening is far from passive, but rather an active form of "musiciking"

Bibliography info
Bergh, Arild and Denora, Tia; From wind-up to iPod: techno-cultures of listening; in Eric Clarke, Nicholas Cook, Daniel Leech-Wilkinson and John Rink (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [forthcoming]

Further info
http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Recorded-Music-Companions/dp/0521684617