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This article examines letters sent by radio listeners to musicians and hosts of programs broadcasting old-time music in the 1930s and 1940s. It situates these sources within a social history of radio and everyday musical practices. These documents allow us to look at the commercialization of radio a...

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Auteur principal: Duplay, Mathieu
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Français
Publié: 2026
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spelling cairn-RFEA_187_0005RFEARevue française d’études américaines https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2026-2-page-5?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rfea.187.0005 Avant-propos Duplay, Mathieu2026 fre Revue française d’études américaines | 187 | 2 | 2026-06-22 | p. 5-6 | 0397-7870 RFEA_18750 This article examines letters sent by radio listeners to musicians and hosts of programs broadcasting old-time music in the 1930s and 1940s. It situates these sources within a social history of radio and everyday musical practices. These documents allow us to look at the commercialization of radio and the commodification of music from the audience’s perspective. The article shows that those letters functioned as a commercial product through which listeners engaged with their own musical practices. It also sheds light on the market-oriented lens through which they saw music-making.Cet article analyse les lettres d’auditeurs et d’auditrices adressées dans les années 1930-1940 à des musiciens et animateurs d’émissions radiophoniques diffusant de la old-time music. Il les inscrit dans une histoire sociale de la radio et des pratiques musicales ordinaires. Ces documents permettent d’observer, du point de vue de l’audience, les effets de la commercialisation du médium radiophonique et la marchandisation de la musique. L’article montre ainsi que les lettres sont un produit commercial qui permet à l’audience d’aborder sa pratique personnelle de la musique et donnent à voir le rapport marchand qu’entretiennent auditeurs et auditrices avec leurs pratiques musicales.Cairn restricted access
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description This article examines letters sent by radio listeners to musicians and hosts of programs broadcasting old-time music in the 1930s and 1940s. It situates these sources within a social history of radio and everyday musical practices. These documents allow us to look at the commercialization of radio and the commodification of music from the audience’s perspective. The article shows that those letters functioned as a commercial product through which listeners engaged with their own musical practices. It also sheds light on the market-oriented lens through which they saw music-making.
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