Castrato, the: reflections on natures and kinds
Auteur :
Feldman, Martha
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520292444
Date de publication :
2 août 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 3,6 cm
Poids :
726 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
An 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.