The preservation and repetition of musical sounds through recording technologies has changed the social significance of music for the better"

Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph in 1887 immortalized the technologically reproduced sound and music and opened new doors for change in the social significance of music. But is this change for the better or for the worst. Many might argue that the invention is of great importance as it is credited to have recorded some of the world's most important speeches and music; it brought music to the masses. The accessibility creates another kind of …

…and classical, the preservation and repetition of musical sounds through recording technologies has changed for the better in terms of jazz music as the Jazz musician uses a body of recorded music to learn while the classical composer or performer has a long and rich body of music in written form that he uses to learn from. The later issue on mass distribution also creates an affected the social change of music for the better.