That changed in 1877 when Thomas Edison unveiled his phonograph. It wasn’t the first such device to record and play back audio, but it was the first …

30/04/2007 · With the invention of phonographs, both the recording industry and the whole music industry became very popular. After the world came from the devastation of wars and the post-industrial revolution, music became very important in promoting culture and reconstruction. There were changes in personal entertainment since the invention of the phonograph.

The phonograph was also instrumental in the development of jazz. What impact did the phonograph have? Even as it changed the nature of performing, the phonograph altered how people heard music. It was the beginnings of “on demand” listening: “The music you want, whenever you want it,” as one phonograph ad boasted. Music fans could ...

01/07/2019 · Recorded music started nearly 150 years ago with the phonograph, an invention by Thomas Edison that recorded audio onto a rotating foil cylinder. Listening to music has, of course, changed since...

26/03/2020 · The phonograph changed society in much the same way that the first musical notation or the invention of the metronome changed the way musical tempo was measured and written; it provided a mechanical means of spreading music to the world, according to the New York Times. Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1887 and with it the foundations for ...