| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 345 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-329) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : capitalism, consumption, commerce, and music -- Music and advertising in early radio -- The classes and the masses in the 1920s and 1930s -- The Great Depression and the rise of the radio jingle -- Music, mood, and television: the use of emotion in advertising music in the 1950s and 1960s -- The standardization of jingle production in the 1950s and after -- The discovery of youth in the 1960s -- Consumption, corporatization, and youth in the 1980s -- Conquering (the) culture: the changing shape of the cultural industries in the 1990s and after -- New capitalism, creativity, and the new petite bourgeoisie. |
| Summary |
"From the early days of radio through the rise of television after World War II to the present, music has been used more and more often to sell goods and establish brand identities. And since at least the 1920s, songs originally written for commercials have become popular songs, and songs written for a popular audience have become irrevocably associated with specific brands and products. Today, musicians move flexibly between the music and advertising worlds, while the line between commercial messages and popular music has become increasingly blurred. The Sounds of Capitalism is the untold story of this infectious part of our musical culture. Here, Timothy D. Taylor tracks the use of music in American advertising for nearly a century, from variety shows like The Clicquot Club Eskimos to the rise of the jingle, the postwar rise in consumerism and the more complete fusion of popular music and consumption in the 1980s and after. Taylor contends that today there is no longer a meaningful distinction to be made between music in advertising and advertising music. To make his case, he draws on rare archival materials, the extensive trade press, and hours of interviews with musicians ranging from Barry Manilow to unknown but unforgettable jingle singers. The Sounds of Capitalism is the first book to truly tell the history of music used in advertising in the United States, and an original contribution to this little-studied part of our cultural history"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Music in advertising -- United States.
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Music in advertising. |
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United States. |
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Advertising -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Advertising. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Mass media and music -- United States.
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Mass media and music. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Taylor, Timothy Dean. Sounds of capitalism. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, ©2012 9780226791159 (DLC) 2011041483 (OCoLC)756200217 |
| ISBN |
9780226791142 (electronic book) |
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0226791149 (electronic book) |
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9780226791159 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226791157 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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