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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feldman, Martha
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo

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