Singing the Body Electric: The Human Voice and Sound Technology by Miriama Young

Singing the Body Electric: The Human Voice and Sound Technology by Miriama Young

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 tec

"Miriama Young has produced an excellent piece of workThe subject, the voice and recording technology and its use in music and musical contexts is relatively new, or is at least coincident with the advent of editable recording technology since the war. The non-linear approach that Miriama takes, partly narrative, partly anecdotal and partly historical, works particularly well with this subject. I also especially like the way she includes discussions of music from popular culture, blurring the boundaries between categories and genres."

- Paul Lansky, Princeton University, USA

"... it is definitely a monograph that invites the reader to come back to again and again, to discover and re-discover more voices, ideas, narratives, discussions, music, sounds, and valuable source materials. It is an amazing work which you do not have to agree with all the different voives in order to participate."

- Katerina Tzedaki, Technological Educational Institute of Crete

Miriama Young is a writer, sound artist and composer. Originally from New Zealand, she gained her PhD from Princeton (2007) on a Fulbright award. She writes music for film, dance, radio, live electronics and fixed media, voices and instruments. She is a Lecturer in Sonic Arts and Music Composition at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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ISBN 13	9780367598914
ISBN 10	0367598914
Title	Singing the Body Electric: The Human Voice and Sound Technology
Author	Miriama Young
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2020-06-30
Number of pages	232
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