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Moreschi (Life & Times) by Clapton, Nicholas Paperback Book
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- ISBN
- 9781904341772
- EAN
- 9781904341772
- Book Title
- Moreschi : and the Voice of the Castrato
- Book Series
- Life and Times Ser.
- Publisher
- iC-Haus Publishing
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Composers & Musicians, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Item Weight
- 0.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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In his own lifetime Alessandro Moreschi (1858-1922) was known as the 'Angel of Rome'. He was the last surviving castrato singer of the Sistine Chapel choir, and the only one of the castrati whose voice survives in any solo recording. The ethereal, haunting quality of his voice hints at why this extraordinary sound was so highly prized for centuries in the opera houses of Europe. The castrato tradition became established in Italy in the late 16th century, when Pope Clement VIII gave it his sanction. By the 17th century the castrati had moved onto the secular operatic stage, where they were feted as the 'pop stars' of their day. Few 'normal' singers, male or female, came close to matching their fame and success. But by the 19th century their continued existence had become an embarrassment, and when Moreschi joined the Sistine Chapel in 1883, there were only six castrati left in the choir, and by 1903 they were officially no more. The strange and lonely life of Alessandro Moreschi was lived in the shadows of great events and great institutions, his personality glimpsed only by inference and allusion. Written by an acclaimed musicologist, who as a counter-tenor has performed much of the repertoire written for castrati, this is a perceptive and informed study of the last survivor of a perennially intriguing part of Western cultural history.
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iC-Haus Publishing
ISBN-10
1904341772
ISBN-13
9781904341772
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46460439
Product Key Features
Book Title
Moreschi : and the Voice of the Castrato
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Composers & Musicians, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Book Series
Life and Times Ser.
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
0.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
782.86092
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Foreword Part 1: Life and Times 1. Origins and Connections 2. I nuovi musici 3. Beginnings 4. Early Days in Rome 5. The Cappella dei Cantori Pontifici 6. Moreschi's Early Years at the Sistine Chapel 1883-1891 7. The Years of the New Constitution 1891-1898 8. Winds of Change 1898-1903 9. A Long Twilight Part 2: Heritage and Legacy 1. The Voice and the Legacy 2. A Concert, a Plaque and a Party (or, rather, two of each) 3. David M Howard: Acoustics of the Castrato Voice 4. Ben Byram-Wigfield: On Allegri's Miserere 5. Paul J Moses: The Psychology of the Castrato Voice Notes Further Reading Index
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2008
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