Author: Marcus Junianus Justinus
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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LE ISTORIE DI TROGO POMPEO COMPENDIATE DA GIUSTINO.
Author: Marcus Junianus Justinus
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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The Castrato
Author: Martha Feldman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520292448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
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 cousin Pulcinella. Sacrifice in turn was inseparable from the system of patriarchy—involving teachers, patrons, colleagues, and relatives—whereby castrated males were produced not as nonmen, as often thought nowadays, but as idealized males. Yet what captivated audiences and composers—from Cavalli and Pergolesi to Handel, Mozart, and Rossini—were the extraordinary capacities of castrato voices, a phenomenon ultimately unsettled by Enlightenment morality. Although the castrati failed to survive, their musicality and vocality have persisted long past their literal demise.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520292448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
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 cousin Pulcinella. Sacrifice in turn was inseparable from the system of patriarchy—involving teachers, patrons, colleagues, and relatives—whereby castrated males were produced not as nonmen, as often thought nowadays, but as idealized males. Yet what captivated audiences and composers—from Cavalli and Pergolesi to Handel, Mozart, and Rossini—were the extraordinary capacities of castrato voices, a phenomenon ultimately unsettled by Enlightenment morality. Although the castrati failed to survive, their musicality and vocality have persisted long past their literal demise.
The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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La Commedia di Dante Alighieri. Con comento compilato su tutti i migliori, e particolarmente su quelli del Lombardi, del Costa, del Tommaseo e del Bianchi, da Raffaele Andreoli. Prima edizione napoletana fatta sull'ultima di Lemonnier. [With “Vita di Dante Alighieri” by G. Boccaccio.]
Author: Dante Alighieri
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Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Pages : 840
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Early Italian Literature ...
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Category : Italian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Category : Italian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Descrizione Della Grecia ... Nuovamente Dal Testo Greco Tradotta Da A. Nibby. [With a Map.]
Author: Pausanias
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Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Languages : en
Pages : 196
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ENCICLOPEDIA ECONOMICA ACCOMODATA ALL' INTELLIGENZA
Author: FRANCESCO. PREDARI
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Languages : en
Pages : 1294
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Pages : 1294
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Notizie Del Giorno
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Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Pages : 424
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Why Italy Entered Into the Great War, by Luigi Carnovale
Author: Luigi Carnovale
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Category : Austria
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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In English and Italian, with special t.p. in Italian: Perche l'Italia e entrata nell grande guerra ...
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Category : Austria
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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In English and Italian, with special t.p. in Italian: Perche l'Italia e entrata nell grande guerra ...
Opera Companies and Houses of Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
Author: Karyl Lynn Zietz
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476612021
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Although books have been written about various opera houses throughout the world, no one work has covered more than a relatively small number of the larger, well known companies and houses, and none have made more than brief mention of the smaller houses. No book has comprehensively listed opera repertories. Little, in sum, has been written about any of the smaller companies and houses located in non-English-speaking countries. This is the most comprehensive reference book ever written on opera companies and houses in Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand--over 300, from the well known to the smaller. Each entry includes a history of the opera house or company, the works (title and composer) and type of productions offered, company staff, world and country premieres, repertory, and practical information on the theater's address, nearby hotel accommodations and how to order tickets. Most entries conclude with a bibliography.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476612021
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Although books have been written about various opera houses throughout the world, no one work has covered more than a relatively small number of the larger, well known companies and houses, and none have made more than brief mention of the smaller houses. No book has comprehensively listed opera repertories. Little, in sum, has been written about any of the smaller companies and houses located in non-English-speaking countries. This is the most comprehensive reference book ever written on opera companies and houses in Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand--over 300, from the well known to the smaller. Each entry includes a history of the opera house or company, the works (title and composer) and type of productions offered, company staff, world and country premieres, repertory, and practical information on the theater's address, nearby hotel accommodations and how to order tickets. Most entries conclude with a bibliography.