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