| Description |
xiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Musical meaning and interpretation
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Musical meaning and interpretation.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index. |
| Contents |
Prelude : 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. |
| Subject |
Opera -- Italy -- 19th century.
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Opera. |
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Italy. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Feminism and music.
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Feminism and music. |
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Heroines in opera.
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Oper. |
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Geschlechterforschung. |
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Heroines in opera. |
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Italien. |
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Women heroes. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1801-1850 |
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1800 - 1899 |
| ISBN |
0253346444 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780253346445 cloth alkaline paper |
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025321789X paperback alkaline paper |
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9780253217899 paperback alkaline paper |
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