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Voicing gender
Voicing gender: castrati, travesti, and the second woman in early-nineteenth-century Italian opera
Naomi André
Publisher: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2006.
ISBN: 025321789X   LCC: ML1733.4   Edition: (pbk. : alk. paper)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction: hearing voices -- Sounding voices: modeling
voice and the period ear -- Haunting legacies: the castrato in the
nineteenth century -- Meyerbeer in Italy: the crusader, the castrato,
and the disguised second woman -- Interlude: queens, hybridity, and
the diva -- Taming women's voices: from hero to pageboy -- Women's
voices in motion: voices behind the romantic heroine -- Coda: looking
ahead to risorgimento heroism

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LCC Number: ML1733.4

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition Info: (pbk. : alk. paper)

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