The castrato : reflections on natures and kinds /

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Author / Creator:	Feldman, Martha.
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2015] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations, music
Language:	English
Series:	Ernest Bloch Lectures ; v. 16 Ernest Bloch lectures.
Subject:	Castrati. Castrati. Electronic book. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11305502

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ISBN:	9780520962033 0520962036 0520279492 9780520279490 9780520279490
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Feldman, Martha. Castrato. Oakland, California : Berkeley : University of California Press, [2015] 9780520279490

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