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unusual facts about The Human Voice



Joseph Burstyn, Inc v. Wilson

"The Miracle" originally premiered in Europe in 1948 as the anthology film L'Amore with two segments, "Il Miracolo" and "La voce umana", the latter based on Jean Cocteau's play The Human Voice and also starring Magnani.


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Gregory de Polnay

De Polnay has been an actor, director and voice teacher for nearly forty years, working in all aspects of the theatre with several West End credits to his name and appearing with the RSC in his own production of You Can't Shut Out The Human Voice with Peggy Ashcroft and Ben Kingsley.

Jacob ter Veldhuis

Many of his works build melodies around samples of the human voice, as in Steve Reich's composition 'Different Trains'.

Paul Lansky

Following that came More Than Idle Chatter, the six compositions of which focus on processings of the human voice using linear predictive coding, granular synthesis, and plucked string synthesis; its three highlights are granular synth pieces called "Idle Chatter," "Just more idle chatter," and "Notjustmoreidlechatter," which look at the same thing from multiple perspectives.

Talking bird

Hill Mynahs (tropical members of the starling family of birds) are renowned for their ability to mimic the human voice.