Music technology history and music history

What was the first "million seller" song hit?

"After the ball" by Charles K. Harris. He made a lot of money off the song because he was both the composer and publisher of the song.

What was the first video on MTV?

"Video killed the radio star" by Buggles

what happens in 1925?

-bell telephone introduces electrical amplification and the first electrically recorded disks sales -sound quality gets better

What happens in the 1900's?

-boom in recorded music and leads to questions of copyright issues -player piano becomes most popular automated business of the time.

what was KDKA in Pittsburgh?

-first commercial radio station to receive call letters and to begin regular broadcasts -RCA -big because it was around for presidential elections

When was the phonograph made?

1877

When was nickel jukeboxes introduced?

1890's

when did 78's come out?

1901

when did the Sony Walkman come out?

1979

when was the MP3 introduced?

1990

when apple computer launch itunes?

2003 - most successful music store to date and first legal internet sales for music

In 1948 12 inch records were introduced, what was their RPM speed?

33 1/3 RPM

What time period was he middle ages?

450-1450

What was the first CD was?

52nd street by Billy Joel in 1982 in Japan.

When did MTV launch?

August 1, 1981 at midnight

What was Edison's new version of the phonograph?

Battery powered so you dont have to crank to produce constant sound or pitch

Why did the 80's become the most explosive boom period in recorded audio history?

Because consumers started to replace their vinyl collections with CD's

Why wasEmile Berliners gramaphone special?

Because it used a disk instead of a cylinder as the recording medium

Why were vinyls called V-discs?

Because of the word victory, to entertain troops abroad in 1943

How did nickel jukeboxes become popular?

By people using them at fairs

Why was FM radio so great and better than AM radio?

FM offers higher fidelity sound, with less static and requires less transmittal power

what happens in 1933?

FM radio was introduced

what does FCC stand for?

Federal communications commission

Who was Harold Arlin?

First full time radio announcer

what does FM stand for?

Frequency-Modulated

Charles Tainter and Chichester Bell created what?

Graphaphone (crank version)

What is a piano roll?

It is a paper role that had holes in it for the different keys and would play a song when put in a player piano.

when did Napster shut down?

July 2001

what are the 5 sung prayers of ordinary?

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei

what does LPM stand for?

Long play mode

What did Emile Berliner do?

Made first microphone. And it was used by Bell telephone company.

First song ever recorded?

Marry had a little lamb

when did Napster debut?

May 1999

Who tried to sue Napster?

Metallica and Dr. Dre

What does MP3 stand for?

Moving picture experts group 1 layer 3

what became the center of polyphonic music?

Paris

who was Gregorian chant named after?

Pope Gregory the first (or the great)

What does RCA stand for?

Radio corporation of America

What was the first major streaming audio service?

RealAudio

What does RIAA stand for?

Recording Industry Association of America

who invented Napster?

Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker

with the phonograph Thomas Edison was...

The first inventor to successfully record a human voice

what did Notre Dame do in the time period 1170 to 1200?

They developed music notation, to indicate precise rhythm and pitch

Who made the phonograph?

Thomas Edison

what was so special about the Walkman?

because it made the cassette became only format you could have in your home, car and now your pocket.

Why did churches look down on instruments?

because of their earlier roles in pagan rites

what does CD stand for?

compact disk

What are troubadors?

french nobles who wrote and transcribed secular music

What were some medieval instruments?

harps, fiddles, lutes, pipe, psaltery, rebec and drone

when does the cassette tape become mainstream?

in 1964, that is when the cassette has its commercial breakthrough, when Philips its own 30 min tape cartridge.

What was the Audio Home Recording Act?

it requires digital recorders to pay a 2 percent royalty to copyright holders. This happened in 1992.

what does Gregorian chant sound like?

it sounds flexible, without meter, not dance-able, free flowing and it was never sang the same. MONOPHONIC!

what was Napster?

it was a peer to peer file sharing network

what was the victrola?

it was an adaption of the phonograph to fit in peoples homes. it becomes the best selling record player of its time.

what were secular music topics?

knights, love, their crusades, dance songs, nature, politics, animals, spinning songs and morality

what is secular music?

music outside of the church

What happened in the 1970's involving cassette tape recording?

record companies fight cassette recording or tape swapping. 1971 sound recording amendment passed which made sound recording worthy of copyright.

what does RPM stand for?

rotations per minute

how did secular music sound?

sound has regular meter defined beat and more dance-able

what was the Cathedral of Notre Dame

the school of Notre Dame