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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1. Verfasser: Feldman, Martha
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Italian
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2015]
Schriftenreihe:Ernest Bloch lectures.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource : illustrations, music
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520962033
0520962036
0520279492
9780520279490
0520292448
9780520292444

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