- The study and cataloging of phonograph records.
- A comprehensive list of the recordings made by a particular performer or of a particular composer's works.
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discographical dis'co·graph'i·cal (dĭs'kə-grăf'ĭ-kəl) or dis'co·graph'ic (-grăf'ĭk) adj.
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Term referring to the description, listing and study of sound recordings, applicable alike to disc, tape, wire, cylinder, piano and organ roll and audio-visual media. Periodicals containing discographies appeared as early as 1923 but discography as a practice comparable to bibliography dates from 1936.
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- The article is about sound recordings. For the Pet Shop Boys album, see Discography: The Complete Singles Collection.
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry for a specific recording will often list such details as the names of the artists involved, the time and place of the recording, the title of the piece performed, release dates, chart positions, and sales figures.[1]
The term "discography" was popularized in the 1930s by collectors of jazz records. Jazz fans did research and self published discographies about when jazz records were made and what musicians were on the records, as record companies did not commonly include that information on/with the records at that time. Two early jazz discographies were Rhythm on Record by Hilton Schleman and Hot Discography by Charles Delaunay.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b Roy Shuker. Popular Music: The Key Concepts. Routledge, 2005. 80.
- ^ John Shepard, et al. Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. Continuum, 2003. 14.
See also
- Category:Discographies (for individual artist discographies on Wikipedia)
- Allmusic
- Discogs (a community-built database of music information)
- FreeDB
- Gracenote
- MusicBrainz
- Rate Your Music
- ISO/IEC 14496
- ISO 10957
- ISO 15706
- ISO 15707
- ISO 3901
- Audio engineering
- Music and the brain
- Sound editor
External links
- "Magnificent Obsession: The Discographers" article by Jerry Atkins
- The Encyclopaedic Discography of Victor Recordings - a continuation of the two volumes listed in the bibliography: http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/aboutEDVR.php
- The Music Discographies at bjbear71.com - http://bjbear71.com
- Budget Labels Article, regarding false discographic details on some low-priced classical recordings
- The Discographic "Den of Horrors" relating to Bruckner recordings
Jazz discography projects:
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| Translations: Discography |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - diskografi, viden om grammofonplader
Nederlands (Dutch)
discografie
Français (French)
n. - discographie
Deutsch (German)
n. - Schallplattenverzeichnis
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσική) δισκογραφία
Italiano (Italian)
discografia
Português (Portuguese)
n. - discografia (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - discografía
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - diskografi
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
唱片分类目录, 录音作品目录, 音乐唱片分类学
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 唱片分類目錄, 錄音作品目錄, 音樂唱片分類學
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수집가가 하는 레코드 분류, 취입 레코드 일람표
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - レコード目録, ディスコグラフィー
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) قائمه باسطوانات فنان
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חקר תקליטים, קטלוג תקליטים
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