The Castrato: Reflections On Natures And Kinds

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.

• | By (Author): Martha Feldman
• | Publisher: University of California Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 02, 2016
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 496 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0520292448
• | ISBN-13: 9780520292444