Selling Sounds

The Commercial Revolution in American Music

David Suisman

    • Prologue
    1. When Songs Became a Business
    2. Making Hits
    3. Music without Musicians
    4. The Traffic in Voices
    5. Musical Properties
    6. Perfect Pitch
    7. The Black Swan
    8. The Musical Soundscape of Modernity
    • Epilogue
    • Abbreviations in Notes
    • Notes
    • Acknowledgments
    • Index
  • Cover: Selling Sounds
  • A photo of the author

Photo by Sam Zalutsky

David Suisman is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Delaware.