This entertaining and innovative book focuses on vocal performance styles that are developed
in tandem with the sound technologies of the phonograph, radio, and sound film. Writing in
a clear and lively style, Jacob Smith looks at these media technologies and industries through
the lens of performance, bringing to light a fascinating nexus of performer, technology, and
audience. Combining theories of film sound, cultural histories of sound technologies and
industries, and theories of performance, Smith convincingly connects disparate and largely
neglected performance niches to explore the development of a modern vocal performance. Vocal
Tracks: Performance and Sound Media demonstrates the voice to be a vehicle of performance,
identity, and culture and illustrates both the interconnection of all these categories and
their relation to the media technologies of the past century.

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