خرید و دانلود نسخه کامل کتاب The Sound of Theatre by David Collison (2008-03-01)

The Sound of Theatre traces the development of theatre sound in the Western world from the Ancient Greeks creating thunder with stones in large copper jars to the modern age of digital technology. The great theatrical spectacles of the 18th and 19th centuries relied heavily upon the creation of realistic storms, fires and battles and many of the early sound effects machines are described and depicted in this book. A chronology of key inventions leads from the discovery of electricity to the development of the telegraph, the telephone and the first recording device, and charts how Hollywood’s massive investment in recording and playback equipment for the Talkies led to the burgeoning of amplified sound in the theatre. David Collison gives a detailed account of how theatre sound effects in the 20th century progressed from 78 r.p.m. discs, tape machines, CDs and minidiscs, to digital samplers. He also traces the history of voice amplification for the actors which led to the advent of the