Living Stereo

<p>Stereo is everywhere. The whole culture and industry of music and sound became organized around the principle of stereophony during the twentieth century. But nothing about this-not the invention or acceptance or ubiquity of stereo-was inevitable. Nor did the aesthetic conventions technological objects and listening practices required to make sense of stereo emerge fully formed out of the blue.</p><p><br></p><p>This groundbreaking book uncovers the vast amount of work that has been required to make stereo seem natural and which has been necessary to maintain stereo's place as a dominant mode of sound reproduction for over half a century. The essays contained within this book are thematically grouped under (Audio) Positions Listening Cultures and Multichannel Sound and Screen Media; the cumulative effect is to advance research in music sound and media studies and to build new bridges between the fields.</p><p><br></p><p>With contributions from leading scholars across several disciplines Living Stereo re-tells the history of twentieth-century aural and musical culture through the lens of stereophonic sound.</p>