ABSTRACT
Technology has always driven musical change. From the moment in time the first flute was created, a new timbre permanently entered the sonic environ - ment. In the early nineteenth century, valves allowed brass instruments to become bearers of bold melodies rather than harmonic markers that were limited to a few pitches. By the end of the same century, Thomas Edison discovered that the indentation of sound waves on tin foil allowed him to store and reproduce both the spoken word and music. When Emile Berliner invented a flat disc system to store recorded data, “records” went into mass production.
