Editing Typewriter (section)

== Typewriters in popular culture ==
=== In music ===
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* [[Erik Satie]]'s 1917 score for the ballet [[Parade (ballet)|''Parade'']] includes a "''Mach. à écrire"'' as a percussion instrument, along with (elsewhere) a [[roulette wheel]] and a pistol.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IMSLP16532-Satie_-_Parade_(orch._score).pdf |url=http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/d/db/IMSLP16532-Satie_-_Parade_(orch._score).pdf |website=International Music Score Library Project}}</ref>
* The composer [[Leroy Anderson]] wrote ''[[The Typewriter]]'' (1950) for orchestra and typewriter, and it has since been used as the theme for numerous radio programs. The solo instrument is a real typewriter played by a percussionist. The piece was later made famous by comedian [[Jerry Lewis]] as part of his regular routine both on screen and stage, most notably in the 1963 film ''[[Who's Minding the Store?]]''.
* A typewriter plays an integral part (and is used on stage as a [[prop]]) in the song 'Opening Doors', from [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s musical ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]'' (1981).
* ''[[Wordy Rappinghood]]'', a 1981 single by [[Tom Tom Club]], opens with the sound of a typewriter.
* Typewriter samples are woven into the texture of 'Dissidents', the opening track of [[Thomas Dolby]]'s 1984 album ''[[The Flat Earth]]''.
* The [[Boston Typewriter Orchestra]] (BTO), a comedic musical percussion group, has performed at numerous art festivals, clubs, and parties since 2004.<ref name="NPR-BTO">{{Cite news |last=Hurley |first=Sean |title=Boston Orchestra Makes Typewriters Sing |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95578403 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308223426/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95578403 |archive-date=2012-03-08 |access-date=2012-03-16 |newspaper=NPR.org |publisher=National Public Radio}}</ref><ref name="BTO">{{Cite web |title=The Boston Typewriter Orchestra |url=http://www.bostontypewriterorchestra.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404062611/http://www.bostontypewriterorchestra.com/ |archive-date=2012-04-04 |access-date=2012-03-16 |publisher=Wordpress}}</ref> 
* [[Max Richter]]'s ''[[The Blue Notebooks]]'' (2004) features the sound of the typewriter underneath the narration of [[Tilda Swinton]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/v4bd/ Max Richter, ''The Blue Notebooks'' review, BBC]BC</ref>
* South Korean improviser Ryu Hankil frequently performs on typewriters, most prominently in his 2009 album ''Becoming Typewriter''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-03-10 |title=Becoming Typewriter : Ryu Hankil : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/BecomingTypewriter |access-date=2013-09-12}}</ref>
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=== Other ===
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[[File:Nationale kampioenschap typen in Den Haag, Bestanddeelnr 906-7443.jpg|thumb|Typewriting speed competition <br>(The Hague, 1954)]]
* The 2012 French comedy movie ''[[Populaire (film)|Populaire]]'', starring Romain Duris and Déborah François, centers on a young secretary in the 1950s striving to win typewriting speed competitions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dehn |first=Georgia |date=27 May 2013 |title=Déborah François interview for Populaire: 'Acting felt like a fantasy' |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/10076969/Deborah-Francois-interview-for-Populaire-Acting-felt-like-a-fantasy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/10076969/Deborah-Francois-interview-for-Populaire-Acting-felt-like-a-fantasy.html |archive-date=2022-01-11 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |accessdate=1 June 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* The manga (2015–2020) and anime (2018) ''[[Violet Evergarden]]'' series follows a disabled war veteran who learns to type because her handwriting has been impaired, and soon she becomes a popular typist.
* ''[[California Typewriter]]'', a 2016 documentary film, investigates the culture of typewriter enthusiasts, including an [[eponymous]] repair store in Berkeley, California.
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