Emblems of eloquence: opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice
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Main Author: Heller, Wendy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press ©2003
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The emblematic woman -- Bizzarrie femminile : opera and the Accademia degli incogniti -- Didone and the voice of chastity -- 'Disprezzata regina' : woman and empire -- The nymph Calisto and the myth of female pleasure -- Semiramide and the conventions of musical transvestism -- Messalina la meretrice : envoicing the courtesan
Drawing upon a complex web of early modern sources and ancient texts, this engaging study is a comprehensive treatment of women, gender, and sexuality in 17th-century opera
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 386 pages)
ISBN:0520209338
0520919343
159734592X
9780520209336
9780520919341
9781597345927

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