Singing the Body Electric : the Human Voice and Sound Technology.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Electric Voice, Plastic Body: Vocal Materiality and Cultural Consumption -- Voice I Trevor Wishart -- 2 Cut and Splice: Vocal Cuts and Loops, Dissected and Aberrant Bodies -- Voice II Katharine Norman -- 3 Machine as Voice, Voice as Machine -- Voice III Paul Lansky -- 4 Scratch and Mix: Sampling the Human Voicein the [metaphorical] Phonograph -- Voice IV Eduardo Reck Miranda -- 5 Quiet Interiors: The Voice and Pod Listening -- Voice V Bora Yoon -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix: List of Electro-Vocal Works for Further Reference -- Bibliography -- Index.

Miriama Young explores the relationship between the human voice and recording technology, offering startling insights into the ways in which recording affects our understanding of the human voice, and more generally, the human body. She discusses a selection of musical works in which the human voice is captured, transformed or synthesized using technology. This book transcends time and musical style to reflect on the larger way in which 'the machine' transforms our comprehension and experience of the human voice. The book is an interdisciplinary enterprise that combines music aesthetics and musical analysis with literature and philosophy.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.