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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Italiano |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Ernest Bloch lectures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 desires, public and private, aesthetic, economic, and political. In Italy, castration for singing was understood through the lens of Catholic blood sacrifice as expressed in idioms of offering and renunciation and, paradoxically, in satire, verbal abuse, and even the symbolism of the castrato's comic. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations, music |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520962033 0520962036 0520279492 9780520279490 0520292448 9780520292444 |