The Ancient Phonograph The Ancient Phonograph Shane Butler Z O N E B O O K S • N E W Y O R K 2015 © 2015 Shane Butler zone books 633 Vanderbilt Street Brooklyn, NY 11218 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise (except for that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the Publisher. Printed in the United States of America. Distributed by The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Butler, Shane, 1970– The ancient phonograph / Shane Butler. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-1-935408-72-7 1. Voice — Philosophy. 2. Voice — Psychological aspects. 3. Classical literature. I. Title. b105.v64b88 2015 128'.6 — dc23 2015004417 Contents Liner Notes: The Ancient Phonograph 11 track 1: Body and Soul 31 track 2: Falling in Love Again 59 track 3: Eine kleine Nachtmusik 89 track 4: Are You Experienced? 121 track 5: Amazing Grace 161 Acknowledgments 197 Notes 199 Discography 249 Bibliography 251 Index 269 For Jim But O for the touch of a vanished hand And the sound of a voice that is still! — tennyson, “break, break, break”