Industrial Sound

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The Industrial Revolution changed the acoustic landscape of everyday life. Loud sounds, produced by machinery, were commonplace on the factory floor. With machines the dominant producers of sound, power shifted from the Church to Capital and the background against which everyday life was lived changed from nature to industry.

Singing would become increasingly difficult in this new environment. The factory boss or, later, the manager, replaced the song-leader in the field. Industrial machinery created a new rhythm to life. Songs commenting on the work process could not be permitted in the workplace and factory owners banned them. Henry Ford's workers were expected to work in silence.

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