studion.
/ˈstjuːdɪəʊ/, /ˈstʃuːdɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˈst(j)udioʊ/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > types of
chimney-piecea1616
master1694
study1722
studio1785
old master1824
homage1901
art mobilier1921
multimedia1962
multiple1968
installation1969
corporate art1971
1785 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. 1784 15 Sir Francis Bacon speaks with approbation of the provisionary methods Demosthenes and Cicero employed to assist their invention... These particular studios being not immediately connected with our Art, I need not repeat.
1819 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Feb. (1964) II. 80 The most remarkable is the original studio by Michaelangelo of the day of judgment.
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a. The workroom of an artist, sculptor, photographer, etc.In quot. 1853: a dentist's surgery.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] > studio
painting room1732
studio1800
bottega1826
atelier1840
1800 M. Starke Lett. from Italy I. 298 The Brothers Pisani, in the Prato, have a Studio well worth notice, where all the finest pieces of ancient sculpture are copied in alabaster.
1819 Edinb. Rev. 32 322 The greatest work which proceeded from his [sc. Cimabue's] studio, was his scholar Giotto.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. xi. 363 Chantrey requested that Scott would come and breakfast with him next morning before they recommenced operations in the studio.
1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. v. 42 I would as soon have thought..of volunteering to take an arm-chair in a dentist's studio, and have a tooth out, as of entering into that awful precinct.
1881 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts IV. 1536 The ‘studio’ pertains to professional photography... It is..a well-lighted apartment in close proximity to the dark room.
1936 ‘G. Orwell’ Keep Aspidistra Flying i. 14 Not an artist himself, exactly, but a hanger-on of the arts; frequenter of studios, retailer of scandal.
1950 Pop. Mech. Sept. 218/2 Free-lance artists who use a corner of the basement as a home studio will appreciate this large drawing-board easel.
1984 Financial Times 4 Feb. i. 15/4 At Kodak you can peer nosily through the window of a Victorian photographer's studio.
2013 Artist May 49/2 In the studio I tend to work with artist-quality tube colours.
b. A room or building used for the instruction and practice of some performing art or physical discipline (originally dancing); frequently with modifying word, as ballet studio, dance studio, drama studio, yoga studio, etc.Sometimes (with capital initial) in the names of companies or organizations that perform or provide instruction in such disciplines.
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1898 N.Y. Times 1 Mar. 7/4 [There was] a novel entertainment yesterday..at her dance studio in the Carnegie Building.
1920 Atlanta Constitut. 26 Sept. 4 k/1 Senia Solomonoff, Russian ballet master, announces that invitations have been issued to the opening of his new studio.
1949 Winnipeg Free Press 28 May 3/8 The Y.M.C.A. drama studio..held its end-of-season social in the Y Friday evening.
1976 M. Clarke & C. Crisp Understanding Ballet 102 A wooden pole fixed horizontally on the walls of a ballet studio at roughly waist height.
1980 Times 10 June 13/7 A spellbinding dramatic quality that spoke of many dedicated hours in the acting studio.
1990 Chicago Tribune 1 June vii. 46/1 Galina Dance Studio presents..an original ballet in three acts.
2006 Time Out N.Y. 14 Dec. 90/3 $75 affords savvy New York fitsters..325 passes to 120 yoga, dance and Pilates studios.
c. Originally: a room in which films are made or produced. Now usually (in singular and plural): a filmmaking complex including film studios and auxiliary offices and premises; (hence) a film production company (also with capital initial in the name of such a company or complex). Cf. film studio n. at film n. Compounds 1b(c), movie studio n. at movie n. Compounds 1.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > [noun] > place for filming
studio1909
location1914
lot1915
film set1916
sound stage1931
floor1937
1909 Pop. Mech. Sept. 340/2 Every feature of the regular theater finds its counterpart in the huge glass studio of the moving picture company.
1913 V. Steer Romance of Cinema ii. 18 To-day the leading studios of the leading cinematograph manufacturers outstrip anything to be seen in the regular theatre.
1923 Variety 15 Nov. 18 (heading) Hollywood studios moving to less costly locations.
1928 Morning Post 20 Oct. 4/3 The ‘dedication’ of Fox's new 8,000,000-dollar Movietone Studio at Los Angeles.
1931 B. Brown Talking Pictures 257 The studios contain..developing and printing rooms, laboratories, workshops for the making of scenes, battery rooms for amplifier supply, and a host of other departments.
1954 Imagination Dec. 107/2 Universal Studios will produce an original by Harry Essex called ‘1980’.
1956 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy iii. 26 The actor was undoubtedly a handsome youngster... Five studios were squabbling over him now.
1971 Guardian 2 Dec. 11/2 The studio, Paramount, was ‘not happy with it’ [sc. a film] and failed to promote it.
1984 Listener 15 Mar. 35/3 Howard Hughes..loaned him out to other studios.
2011 New Yorker 17 Oct. 64/2 At most studios, filmmakers try to keep the execs at bay.
d. A room used for recording and editing music or other sound.Recorded earliest in recording studio n. at recording n. Compounds 1.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [noun] > place for recording
studio1916
1916 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 15 Dec. 15/5 (heading) Recording Studio is Prepared for Miss Hirschberg.
1927 Irish Times 4 Oct. 4/6 It was not possible..to transfer a cathedral organ to the studio.
1932 Daily Mirror 21 Oct. 10/3 It is good watching a record being made in a gramophone studio.
1968 Billboard 24 Feb. (Bell Sound Rep. Suppl.) 3/1 Their [sc. the Beatles] extensive use of studio time has prompted many a group to spend up to 200 hours in the studio searching for the precise sound they desire.
1973 Gramophone Jan. 1369/1 Even those performances made in the infamous Studio 8-H are grateful to the ear.
1995 Q June 66/1 It was officially announced that he was in the studio, recording new material.
2004 New Yorker 20 Sept. 18/1 After a decadelong absence from the studio, the sisters recently recorded an album of guitar-driven rock.
e. In singular and plural. A room in a radio or television broadcasting station, etc., from which items are broadcast live or in which they are recorded for future transmission; the premises housing such a room or rooms.Recorded earliest in attributive use. Cf. also radio studio n. at radio n. Compounds 1b, television studio n. at television n. Compounds 1b.
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society > communication > broadcasting > putting on or producing broadcast > [noun] > studio
studio1922
continuity studio1941
continuity suite1957
1922 J. Reith Diary 29 Dec. (1975) ii. 129 Newcastle... Here I really began my BBC responsibility. Saw transmitting station and studio place.
1923 Radio Times 28 Sept. 18/1 The Broadcasting of music... Those who performed for us in those days will remember the little studio, which was office, audition and experimental room combined.
1940 Life 11 Nov. 47/1 While the parents met in the BBC studio in London, the children gathered in NBC's New York studio.
1979 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 26 Feb. 8 a/6 Before the fire was quelled parts of the roof had fallen in on the transmitters and broadcasting studios.
1992 National Forum 1 Nov. 17/1 The MTV studios on West 42nd Street.
2004 Politics Oct. 78/2 Much television drama was filmed in the studio and a lot of it was clunky, cheap and uninteresting.
3. Originally U.S. A studio flat or studio apartment (see Compounds 2).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > flat or apartment > type of
studio flat1882
studio apartment1884
mansard1886
penthouse1892
single end1897
walk-up1907
railroad flat1908
simplex1912
service flat1913
studio1918
kitchenette1920
duplex1922
garden flat1922
flatlet1925
show flat1929
quadruplex1939
council flat1941
garden apartment1942
walk-back1945
multilevel1959
tower apartment1961
condominium1962
triplex1962
condo1984
1918 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 387/1 By a few simple operations, the solid-looking library table in the parlor or studio can be changed into a comfortable and sanitary double bed.
1942 D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) v. 100 Amanda's furnished ‘studio’..was..a one-room apartment.
1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief iv. i. 365 Home was a nasty little one-room studio near the university.
2007 A. Hoffman Skylight Confessions i. 20 They lived in an apartment..in a large studio with a sleeping alcove.
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a. General attributive as studio door, studio work, etc.; also appositive, as studio-cottage.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately.
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1831 London & Paris Observer 2 Oct. 635/1 A gentle tap was heard, and the studio-door opened.
1852 N. Amer. Rev. 1 Apr. 183/1 The sun shone out gloriously, and cast long gleams on the studio floor, through the high windows.
1869 Manufacturer & Builder Dec. 356/3 This studio work is obviously a great facilitation to the mosaic artist's task.
1894 Outing 24 31/1 When it blows great guns and the rain comes down..there is plenty of studio work to do, and plenty of fine old lofts with improvised studio windows to do it in.
1908 A. M. Hind Short Hist. Engraving 175 Two other large etchings have generally been regarded by recent criticism as studio productions.
1919 Daily Mail Year Bk. 36/2 One of the studio scenes representing the reception of and presentation to Nelson in Naples by the King.
1922 [see sense 2e]. 1944 Pop. Photogr. Dec. 99/2 A red signal light outside the studio door warns that the studio is in operation.
1968 Billboard 24 Feb. (Bell Sound Rep. Suppl.) 3/1 Their [sc. the Beatles] extensive use of studio time.
1990 T. C. Boyle East is East i. 25 Each of the artists..was assigned workspace in one of the thirty studio-cottages scattered about the property.
2010 S. Fry Fry Chrons. 218 Outside scenes were shot on 16mm film, and everything else on those skirted rostrum studio cameras that wheel around on castors.
b. attributive. Denoting a person who works at or is associated with a studio (esp. a film, music, or broadcasting studio), as studio announcer, studio manager, studio mogul, studio musician, etc.
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1882 Times 19 Dec. 5/3 Belt would have them believe that up to this time Verheyden had done nothing but act as common studio assistant.
1919 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 21 Sept. (Society & Women's section) 6/5 Studio publicists..will have to acquire English vocabularies of greater classical purity if Mr. Jacobs is to understand their ‘copy’.
1941 Los Angeles Times 16 July i. 13/1 Can the young lady act well enough to please the studio moguls?
1952 Cleveland Call & Post 12 Jan. 5 b/1 As a studio engineer, DeLany has a variety of duties which include operation of television cameras and mike booms.
1972 P. Black Biggest Aspidistra i. iii. 28 The studio announcer introduced the band..and wished the nation good night.
1982 C. K. Wolfe Kentucky Country iv. 91 He was a studio musician for the Columbia Record Company.
2005 Guardian 5 Nov. (Guide Suppl.) 4/2 Studio executives salivate over the prospect of a buddy movie.
2012 New Yorker 14 May 60/3 Her studio manager,..a laconic young man with a MacGyver-like resourcefulness.
c. attributive. Designating pottery, ceramics, or glasswork produced in a studio, typically on a small scale and by hand; designating a person who produces such work, or a pottery, etc., where it is produced, as studio ceramicist, studio ceramics, studio glass, studio potter, studio pottery, etc.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > pottery > types of
studio pottery1910
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > potter > [noun] > maker of specific type of pottery
pot-maker1548
red potter1756
presser1769
porcelainist1868
pot-builder1890
studio potter1910
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery made in specific way
studio pottery1910
coiled ware1931
1910 F. H. Rhead (title) Studio pottery.
1910 F. H. Rhead Studio Pottery viii. 53 The smallest practical kiln for the studio potter..has an inside measurement of 10 inches in diameter and 15 inches in height.
1959 J. Baker & D. V. Baker Pottery Bk. iii. x. 59 At a studio pottery (generally a small pottery with perhaps half a dozen partners or employees..) machinery plays the least possible part.
1959 Newsday 22 Jan. 55 An evolving international style in the field of studio ceramics.
1968 Times 23 May 9/3 Studio glass is only in its infancy in this country.
1996 Guardian 16 Nov. (Jobs & Money section) 17 (heading) Work of 20th century studio ceramicists is highly sought after.
1998 Ceramic Rev. Mar. 10/1 Industrial ceramics and studio pottery formed a large part of the collection.
2007 Collect It! Jan. 37/2 The pieces were more akin to those made in a studio pottery than that of a large-scale producer.
d. attributive. Designating a film made by a large and well financed studio, as opposed to one made by an independent filmmaker (frequently with the implication of being conventional, mainstream or having a high production quality), as studio blockbuster, studio film, studio movie, studio picture, etc.
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1958 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 17 Oct. 4/4 Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons, Dorothy McGuire and Kent Smith—all in the studio blockbuster, ‘This Earth is Mine.’
1969 Film Q. Spring 36/2 Rosemary's Baby..suffers from being a studio movie.
1980 Orange Coast Mag. Oct. 126/2 When was the last time you saw 7000 naked religious fanatics play Find The Relic in a studio picture? Too long for you to remember, that's when!
1996 Maclean's 18 Mar. 72/1 He was torn between Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction—a sentimental studio film full of special effects versus a black-humoured independent film with a twisted story line.
1997 Time Out 10 Sept. 183/2 The first studio movie to zero in on ‘Generation X’-ers sets up youth-cred expectations that it never fulfils.
2004 P. Biskind Down & Dirty Pictures vi. 194 The convergence between studio movie and indie film created an identity crisis among the indies... A phrase was coined, ‘Indiewood’, to describe this new reality.
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studio album n. (a) U.S. an album used to display photographs from a professional photography studio (now rare); (b) an album of music recorded in a studio, esp. as contrasted with a recording of a live performance.
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1889 Wilson's Photogr. Mag. 7 Sept. 514/1 There were innumerable novelties beside, such as the Kydo chairs,..Scott's studio album.
1910 Photo-era Dec. 329/1 It is here that the Michelman Studio-Album should be favorably considered.
1968 Western Folklore 27 70 One step removed from a live convention recording is a studio album featuring pop-oriented singers produced for a union education department.
2010 Financial Times 19 June (Life & Arts section) 21/1 Plenty of F-words appear on Eminem's seventh studio album, as you'd expect.
studio apartment n. North American = studio flat n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > flat or apartment > type of
studio flat1882
studio apartment1884
mansard1886
penthouse1892
single end1897
walk-up1907
railroad flat1908
simplex1912
service flat1913
studio1918
kitchenette1920
duplex1922
garden flat1922
flatlet1925
show flat1929
quadruplex1939
council flat1941
garden apartment1942
walk-back1945
multilevel1959
tower apartment1961
condominium1962
triplex1962
condo1984
1884 N.Y. Times 3 Dec. 1/7 Miss Mary Ward, of Texas, who was in her studio apartment.
1949 Archit. Rec. Nov. 125 At the foot of the San Jacinto mountains, this small group of studio apartments is keyed to the needs..of a specific class of tenant—artists who spend part of the year in Palm Springs.
1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xix. 428 Roberta went to..Duncan's live-in studio... Duncan's studio-apartment.
2009 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 86/2 More ended up as the Miss Moneypennys of the world, forever swooning over their dashing executives but going home to their studio apartments.
studio audience n. an audience present in a studio for a recording, performance, etc.
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1917 Bakersfield Californian 15 June 7/3 In the little studio audience watching the picture were three veteran cowpunchers.
1932 B.B.C. Year-bk. 1933 20 Comedians probably most need the stimulus of the crowded hall, for which the ‘studio audience’ is a poor substitute.
1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn x. 90 The radio offered a choice of comedy, with a braying studio audience.
2008 Independent 9 Sept. 15/2 The comedian, who is virtually unknown across the Atlantic, left both his studio audience, and millions of TV viewers stunned.
studio bed n. a bed designed for use in a small room or in an artist's or photographer's studio, esp. one which can be converted into another piece of furniture, typically a couch or sofa (cf. sofa-bed n. at sofa n. Compounds 2).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > couch or settle used as bed
couch-bed1625
settle bed1641
couch-bedsteada1753
studio couch1903
studio bed1924
divan-bed1933
sleep sofa1973
1924 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 53 (headline) Studio bed folds into attractive table.
1947 D. Thomas Let. 5 June (1987) 638 They are stored with her at Holywell Ford. All except the big bed, the beautiful studio bed, which..was stolen by our tenant.
1963 M. McCarthy Group vi. 118 Across the room, a big lumpy studio bed was covered with a black velveteen spread.
2012 Sunday Times (Nexis) 12 Feb. 6 The standout mother portrait shows her in a white and gold paisley dress, stretched out on that itchy studio bed.
studio couch n. a couch which can be converted into a bed; = studio bed n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > couch or settle used as bed
couch-bed1625
settle bed1641
couch-bedsteada1753
studio couch1903
studio bed1924
divan-bed1933
sleep sofa1973
1903 Brush & Pencil 11 305/1 An exceptionally pleasing and refined picture..depicting a young girl in black reclining on a studio couch.
1931 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring 662 New ‘Sun Bed’ Latest Style Couch... This new type davenport-bed or studio couch.
1996 Huntsville (Ont.) Weekender 12 July 30/1 (advt.) Auction sale... Chesterfield & chair; studio couch.
studio flat n. (a) a flat used as, or suitable for use as, an artist's studio (now rare); (b) a flat or apartment containing one main room.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > flat or apartment > type of
studio flat1882
studio apartment1884
mansard1886
penthouse1892
single end1897
walk-up1907
railroad flat1908
simplex1912
service flat1913
studio1918
kitchenette1920
duplex1922
garden flat1922
flatlet1925
show flat1929
quadruplex1939
council flat1941
garden apartment1942
walk-back1945
multilevel1959
tower apartment1961
condominium1962
triplex1962
condo1984
1882 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 26 Nov. 2/2 Mr. Cox in company with Mr. Comparet visited the studio flat yesterday.
1892 Argosy May 433 Amiel Carew had half-a-dozen pictures on view in the studio flat, and excellent tea and cakes from Buszard.
1920 T. S. Eliot Let. 30 May (1988) I. 384 Berry is promising everyone soundproof studio flats at a trifling rent in six months' time.
1934 A. Huxley Let. 13 Oct. (1969) 385 We are in London for the winter—having found a studio flat, miraculously large.
1970 K. Giles Death in Church ii. 31 He had what they call a studio flat—bed, gas fire and tiny kitchenette.
2008 Guardian 5 Jan. 19/1 Chintzy hotels are being turned into trendy apart-hotels—flats with hotel services—while tired guest houses are being converted into studio flats.
studio party n. (a) an informal party held in an artist's studio; (b) (now usually) a social gathering at a film studio.
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > other parties
play-party1796
tail1837
surprise-party1840
street party1845
costume party1850
pound party1869
all-nighter1870
neighbourhood party1870
simcha1874
ceilidh1875
studio party1875
pounding1883
house party1885
private function1888
shower1893
kitchen shower1896
kitchen evening1902
bottle party1903
pyjama party1910
block party1919
house party1923
after-party1943
slumber party1949
office party1950
freeload1952
hukilau1954
BYOB1959
pot party1959
bush party1962
BYO1965
wrap party1978
bop1982
warehouse party1988
rave1989
1875 London Society May 438/2 The conviction that this studio party has been the best and jolliest upon record.
1931 R. H. Heaton Perfect Hostess 110 (heading) Miss Eighteen borrows the Attic for her first Studio Party for her young friends from the Slade.
1974 A. Morice Killing with Kindness viii. 59 I had met her..at a studio party.
2013 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 8 May b8 Studio parties can be a great way to get people in and introduce them to the space and new product.
studio portrait n. a posed photograph, as taken in a photographer's studio.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject
high key1849
carte1861
carte-de-visite1861
wedding group1861
vignette1862
studio portrait1869
press photograph1873
cameo-type1874
war picture1883
mug1887
panel1888
snapshot1890
visite1891
fuzz-type1893
stickyback1903
action photograph1904
action picture1904
scenic1913
still1916
passport photo1919
mosaic1920
press photo1923
oblique1925
action shot1927
passport photograph1927
profile shot1928
smudgea1931
glossy1931
photomontage1931
photomural1931
head shot1936
pin-up1943
mug shot1950
wedding photograph1956
wedding photo1966
full-frontal1970
photofit1970
split beaver1972
upskirt1994
selfie2002
1869 Irish Times 15 Nov. 1/2 (advt.) Millard and Robinson, General Photographers, offer the advantages of long and extensive experience..for all kinds of Studio Portraits, plain or coloured.
1938 M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds xviii. 329 The story had made..headlines on the front pages, most of which also carried studio portraits of Miss Adamson.
1978 F. Olbrich Desouza pays Price xv. 93 A signed studio portrait of herself taken with a soft-focus lens.
2008 D. Lodge Deaf Sentence (2009) xix. 290 A studio portrait of Dad looking deceptively heroic in his RAF uniform and angled forage cap.
studio recording n. a recording made in a studio, spec. a song or album recorded in a studio, as contrasted with a recording of a live performance.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > type of
phonogram1878
phonograph record1878
phonautogram1887
re-recording1927
sound picture1928
studio recording1929
talking book1932
wire recording1933
audiobook1942
bootleg1951
music track1953
demo1954
single track1959
soundbite1973
pod2006
1929 Los Angeles Times 6 Jan. ii. 6/4 Its [sc. the station's] present hours on the air..are from 7 to 9 a.m. with studio recordings.
1938 N.Y. Times 27 Mar. x. 9/3 Had this been a studio recording,..several of the soloists [would have] been given an opportunity to retrieve themselves.
1965 J. Goldberg Jazz Masters of Fifties 36 It is, however, a studio recording, and only the frighteningly difficult Trinkle, Tinkle approximates the great excitement the group was able to generate in person.
2009 Financial Times 8 Aug. (Life & Arts section) 15/4 This..studio recording captures the saxophonist in good form with strong bass and drums in support.
studio system n. (a) the system of apprenticeship maintained by commercial art studios of various kinds, esp. as contrasted with formal education at an art college (now historical); (b) Film the centralized organization of film production, marketing, and distribution maintained by Hollywood studios in the first half of the 20th century, which resulted in a limited number of large commercial companies dominating the filmmaking business and controlling its writers, stars, etc.; (hence) the motion picture industry itself in this period; cf. star system n. 1.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > using stars for leading roles
star system1822
studio system1869
1869 Leeds Mercury 26 Nov. 4/6 The studio system, of pupils under practising artists, referred to as if extinct, is now more widely practised than ever in the studios of artists.
1891 Atalanta May 509/2 He..advocates a return to the studio system, by which a group of students gathered round a master may learn to understand somewhat of his impulses to action.
1915 Billboard 16 Oct. 54/4 Edwin Thanhouses has long had in view a number of productions which can only be made with a permanent studio system.
1921 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 30 Jan. (Mag.) 8/5 While it is apparent that the star system is crippled,..there should be a general overhauling of the studio system.
1963 P. Houston Contemp. Cinema iii. 47 The frustrations of working inside Hollywood's big studio system have been exhaustively chronicled, in the novels in which so many screenwriters have tried to work off their disillusionment.
2009 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Apr. 9/4 Whether or not the studio system was the enemy of art, the distributors (which the major studios came to control) have seldom been its friends.
studio theatre n. a small theatre frequently used for new or experimental drama; (also) drama performed in such a theatre.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > other types of theatre
little theatre1569
private house1604
private playhouse1609
amphitheatre1611
private theatre1633
droll-house1705
summer theatre1761
show shop1772
national theatre1816
minor1821
legitimate1826
patent house1827
patent theatre1836
showboat1839
music theatre1849
penny-gaff1856
saloon theatre1864
leg shop1871
people's theatre1873
nickelodeon1888
repertory theatre1891
studio theatre1891
legit1897
blood-tub1906
rep1906
small-timer1910
grind house1923
theatrette1927
indie1928
vaude1933
straw hat1935
theatre-in-the-round1948
straw-hatter1949
bughouse1952
theatre-restaurant1958
dinner theatre1959
theatre club1961
black box1971
pub theatre1971
performance space1972
1891 Dramatic Notes (end matter) (advt.) Amateurs Coached. Performances Organised... All Lessons given in Studio Theatre.
1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage xiii. 160 The studio or art theatre exists..to prevent dramatic art from being wiped out by the commercially minded.
1965 Listener 20 May 738/1 What we most lack today..is the type of experimental studio-theatre that flourished in Stanislavsky's lifetime.
2007 C. MacFarlane Real Gorbals Story (2009) xxi. 172 The Citizens' had a studio theatre, which we thought of as its own drinking club, a few yards away.
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