Abstract:Hello. Hi, Jane, and hi, Lin. Welcome to this conversational review of Nina Eidsheim's book, The Race of Sound. My name is Annelies and I'm going to open with a more general review of my thoughts on this book.In The Race of Sound, musicologist Nina Sun Eidsheim aims to make the readers rethink the way they approach the naming of 'voice'. Whenever one hears a voice, she argues, one automatically asks the acousmatic question: 'Who is this?' (1). This question betrays the way we name a voice and understand it as … Show more
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