Daniel Domingues

This project aims to contribute to the history of portuguese phonography between 1900-1930, which marks the era of mechanical sound recording. Using the collection of 8000 shellac records in the University of Aveiro archive, the project will identify portuguese-produced collections based on national trademark registration bulletins. These will also serve as identifiers for other phonograms present in sound archives and national and international collections. In this way, I seek to deconstruct the archive and contribute to the history of international phonographic production by highlighting portuguese initiatives which, although minimal, are significant testimonies of national efforts to keep pace with the emergence of an industry that completely changed the way music was made, disseminated, and consumed. The analysis of this information will allow for the identification of the production context, the entities involved in financing, repertoires, associated musicians and technicians, and their production factories.

Doctoral project

Title
Peculiar Labels – Commercial Relations in the Portuguese Phonographic Market during the Mechanical Recording Era (1900-1930)

Advisor
Susana Sardo

Abstract
This project aims to contribute to the history of portuguese phonography between 1900-1930, which marks the era of mechanical sound recording. Using the collection of 8000 shellac records in the University of Aveiro archive, the project will identify portuguese-produced collections based on national trademark registration bulletins. These will also serve as identifiers for other phonograms present in sound archives and national and international collections. In this way, I seek to deconstruct the archive and contribute to the history of international phonographic production by highlighting portuguese initiatives which, although minimal, are significant testimonies of national efforts to keep pace with the emergence of an industry that completely changed the way music was made, disseminated, and consumed. The analysis of this information will allow for the identification of the production context, the entities involved in financing, repertoires, associated musicians and technicians, and their production factories.

Keywrods
Portuguese phonography, Shellac records, Sound archive, Historical music production.