Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Note to the Reader xi
5. Prologue 1
6. SOUNDS LIKE . . . ASSEMBLING THE SOUND WORLD
7. 1. Orfobot: Automated Orpheus 29
8. 2. The Death of a Cicada 62
9. Feedback Loops: Entanglements of Voices and Instruments
10. Intermedio. The Cat Piano 91
11. 3. Organoscope: Telescoping Sound 98
12. 4. Organs and Organs 113
13. 5. Into the Garden 130
14. Roman Reverb and Sea Changes
15. 6. When in Rome: The Castrato as Special Effect 143
16. 7. On the Cusp 176
17. 8. More Than One Sex 205
18. Out of Synch
19. 9. Time Travel / Liquid Ecstatics 233
20. 10. Cyborg Echoes 266
21. Epilogue. Cadential Hauntings 285
22. Acknowledgments 297
23. Notes 303
24. Bibliography 367
25. Index 401