Creativity and Innovation in the Music Industry

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Creativity and Innovation in the Music Industry by

PETER TSCHMUCK Institute of Culture Management and Culture Science, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria

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1-4020-4274-4 (HB) 978-1-4020-4274-4 (HB) 1-4020-4275-2 (e-book) 978-1-4020-4275-1 (e-book)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

ix

Acknowledgements

xi

Introduction

Chapter 1:

Chapter 2:

Chapter 3:

Chapter 4:

Chapter 5:

xiii 1. Aim and Structure of the Book 2. Implications of Culture Institutions Studies

xiii xvi

The Emergence of the Phonographic Industry Within the Music Industry

1

1. The Phonograph as Business Machine 2. “Coin-in-the-Slot:”-Machine 3. Records and Gramophones 4. “Herr Doctor Brahms Plays the Piano”

1 6 9 15

The Music Industry Boom until 1920

19

1. The Global Competition in the Phonographic Industry 2. The U.S. Market before World War I 3. The European Market during World War I 4. The Music Repertory on Record between 1900 and 1920

19 24 27 28

New Technology and the Emergence of Jazz

41

1. The Phonographic Industry’s Business Cycle from 1920 to 1945 2. The Phonographic Industry and Broadcasting in the U.S. and Europe 3. “Race Music” and “Hillbilly” 4. Electrical Recording

41 44 51 55

The Music Industry as Radio Industry

61

1. Recession and Depression on the U.S. Phonogram Market 2. Market Concentration in Europe 3. The Dominance of Broadcasting and Sound Films in the U.S. Music Industry 4. Music as an Instrument of Ideology in Europe

61

The Swing Monopoly during the Years of Wartime Economy

77

1. The Music Industry during World War II 2. The Swing Monopoly 3. Music as Propaganda 4. The Intellectualization of Jazz: Bebop

77 81 84 87

63 69 70

vi Chapter 6:

Chapter 7:

Chapter 8:

Chapter 9:

TABLE OF CONTENTS Rock ‘n’ Roll Revolution

91

1. Economic Recovery and Technological Innovation 2. The End of the U.S. Music Oligopoly 3. From Rhythm & Blues to Rock ‘n’ Roll 4. Music Production in Post-war Europe

91 94 101 109

The Recovery of the Phonographic Industry and New Global Players

115

1. A Decade of Market Growth (1960-1969) 2. European Majors on the Advance 3. The Recovery of the U.S. Majors under New Leadership 4. The Produced Sound

115 117 120

The Era of Music Conglomerates

133

1. The First Merger Mania in