Introduction -- 1. Literary Divas: Trilby, Christine, and the Phantom of Phonography -- 2. Metropolitan Women: Geraldine Farrar and Marion Talley Silence Opera on Screen -- 3. Opera in Synch: Deanna Durbin and Musical Playback -- 4. The Disney Princess: Animation and Real Girls -- 5. Kate Smith: The Variety "Femcee" on Radio and Television -- 6. Susan Boyle: The Amateur in the Age of Auto-Tune -- Conclusion -- Bibliography
Summary
This text tells the history of sound machines through singers whose bodies and voices do not match. Jennifer Fleeger explores this phenomenon, moving from the fictional Trilby to the real-life YouTube star Susan Boyle, and demonstrating along the way that singers with voices that do not match their bodies are essential to the success of technologies for preserving and sharing music
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
English
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 22, 2014)
