Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Causes

2. Making America More Musical:
The Phonograph and “Good Music”

3. Capturing Jazz

4. Aesthetics Out of Exigency:
Violin Vibrato and the Phonograph

5. The Rise and Fall of Grammophonmusik

6. The Turntable as Weapon:
Understanding the Hip-Hop DJ Battle

7. Music in 1s and 0s:
The Art and Politics of Digital Sampling

8. Listening in Cyberspace

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
List of Supplementary Web Materials
Index

About the Author

Mark Katz is Associate Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the author of the forthcoming Groove Music.