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Castrato

Language EnglishEnglish
Book Paperback
Book Castrato Martha Feldman
Libristo code: 01016723
Publishers University of California Press, September 2016
An exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late... Full description
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An 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 desires, public and private, aesthetic, economic, and political.

About the book

Full name Castrato
Author Martha Feldman
Language English
Binding Book - Paperback
Date of issue 2016
Number of pages 496
EAN 9780520292444
ISBN 9780520292444
Libristo code 01016723
Publishers University of California Press
Weight 748
Dimensions 229 x 157 x 35

Categories

The Arts > Music > Music: styles & genres > Art music, orchestral & formal music
The Arts > Music > Music: styles & genres > Opera
History & Archaeology > History > European history
Place qualifiers > Europe > Western Europe
Style qualifiers > Styles (C) > Classical style
Time period qualifiers > c 1500 onwards to present day
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