The castrato reflections on natures and kinds
The Castrato is a nuanced exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. It shows that the entire foundation of Western classical singing, culminating in bel canto, was birthed from an unlikely and historically unique set of de...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
[2015].
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Ernest Bloch Lectures ; v.16. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35622787*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Note on Textual Transcription, Translations, Lexicon, and Musical Nomenclature; PART ONE. REPRODUCTION; 1. Of Strange Births and Comic Kin; 2. The Man Who Pretended to Be Who He Was: A Tale of Reproduction; PART TWO. VOICE; 3. Red Hot Voice; 4. Castrato De Luxe; PART THREE. HALF-LIGHT; 5. Cold Man, Money Man, Big Man Too; 6. Shadow Voices, Castrato and Non; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Index.
