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The Castrato: Reflections on Natures and Kinds (Ernest Bloch Lectures)
The Castrato Reflections on Natures and Kinds - Ernest Bloch Lectures
Author: Martha Feldman
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,...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520292444
ISBN-10: 0520292448
Publication Date: 7/5/2016
Pages: 496
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
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