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MUSIC 288: Machines and Musicians

Resources

Bowers, Q. David. Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments / by Q. David Bowers. Incl. a Dictionary of Automatic Musical Instrument Terms. Vestal, N.Y: Vestal Press, 1972. Print.

 

Buchner, Alexandr. Mechanical Musical Instruments / Translated by Iris Urwin. London: Batchworth Press, 1959.

 

Hoover, Cynthia A. Music Machines--American Style ; a Catalog of the Exhibition / by Cynthia A. Hoover. With Introductory Notes by Erik Barnouw and Irving Kolodin. Washington: Published for the National Museum of History and Technology by the Smithsonian Institution Press [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1971. Print.

 

Kemper, Steven, and Rebecca Cypess. “Can Musical Machines Be Expressive? Views from the Enlightenment and Today.” Leonardo (Oxford) 52.5 (2019): 448–454. Web.

 

McClure, J. B. (James Baird). Edison and His Inventions : Including the Many Incidents, Anecdotes, and Interesting Particulars Connected with the Life of the Great Inventor, Also Full Explanations of the Telephone, Phonograph, Tasimeter, and All His Principal Discoveries, with Copious Illustrations / Edited by J.B. McClure. Chicago: Rhodes and McClure, 1879. Print.

 

Ord-Hume, Arthur W. J. G. Clockwork Music : An Illustrated History of Mechanical Musical Instruments from the Musical Box to the Pianola, from Automaton Lady Virginal Players to Orchestrion / [by] Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume; Illustrated with Contemporary Material. London: Allen and Unwin, 1973. 

 

Ord-Hume, Arthur W. J. G. Joseph Haydn and the Mechanical Organ / Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume ; Illustrated by the Author. Cardiff, U.K: University College Cardiff Press, 1982. Print.

 

Roehl, Harvey N. Keys to a Musical Past : ... Being an Illustrated Treatise on the Various Types of Mechanical Musical Instruments Which Have Enlightened the Spirits of Mankind over Many Decades ... with Particular Attention Paid to Pictures and Advertising Material from the Early Days, and Special Emphasis on the Remarkable Musical Characteristics of These Devices / by Harvey N. Roehl. Vestal, N.Y: Vestal Press, 1968.