Voice machines : the castrato, the cat piano, and other strange sounds /: the castrato, the cat piano, and other strange sounds. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bonnie Gordon.
• Authors: Gordon, Bonnie, 1968-
• Contents: Prologue -- Sounds like ... : assembling the sound world. Orfobot : automated Orpheus ; the death of a cicada -- Feedback loops : entanglements of voices and instruments. Intermedio : the cat piano; Organoscope : telescoping sound; Organs and organs; Into the garden -- Roman reverb and sea changes. When in Rome : the castrato as a special effect; On the cusp; More than one sex -- Out of synch. Time travel/liquid ecstatics; Cyborg echoes -- Epilogue : cadential hauntings.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Copyright Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 416 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 782.8/6; Castrati -- Italy -- History; Castrati -- History; Singing -- Italy -- History -- 16th century; Singing -- Italy -- History -- 17th century; Singing -- Italy -- History -- 18th century; Music and technology -- Italy -- History -- 17th century; Castrati; Civilization; Music and technology; Singing; Rome (Italy) -- Civilization -- 17th century; Italy; Italy -- Rome; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0226825159; 9780226825151
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 01, 2023).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.