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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 the first book to explore in depth why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. It shows that although the practice formed the foundation of Western classical singing, it was birthed from an unlikely and historically unique set of desires, public and private, aesthetic, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520279490
ISBN-10: 0520279492
Publication Date: 11/1/2014
Pages: 454
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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