The castrato : reflections on natures and kinds /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Feldman, Martha
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2015]
Colección:Ernest Bloch lectures.
Temas:
Castrati.
Castrats.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
Castrati
16th century practices.
bel canto.
bodily mutations.
castrated for music.
castrated males.
castrated singers.
castrati and eunuchs.
castrati musicians.
castrati vocalists.
castrati.
castration.
castrato voices.
castrato.
catholic blood sacrifice.
cavalli.
eunuch singers.
handel.
high male voices.
historical body mutations.
history of castration.
history of music.
history of singing.
mozart.
music history.
music.
nonsexual castration.
pergolesi.
pulcinella.
rossini.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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.

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