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100 1 $aBarbier, Patrick.
240 10 $aHistoire des castrats.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe world of the castrati :$bthe history of an extraordinary operatic phenomenon /$cPatrick Barbier ; translated by Margaret Crosland.
260 $aLondon :$bSouvenir,$c1996.
300 $a262 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and index.
505 00 $tCastration --$tFrom time immemorial ... --$t'Castration done here, clean and cheap' --$tPhysiological disruption --$tThe development of the voice --$tOrigins and Recruitment --$tGeographical and social origins --$tThe inevitability of castration --$tThe road to the conservatoires --$tTraining the Singers --$tThe Neapolitan conservatoires --$tInternal organisation daily life --$tClasses and teachers --$tHow the castrati studied --$tThe otherItalian schools --$tThe Theatre in Italy --$tThe great theatres --$tThe performances --$tItalian audiences --$tThe Road to Fame --$tThe choice of a name --$tDebuts in public --$tVocal prowess --$tThe castrati on stage --$tEscapades and temperaments --$tFortune and honours --$tThe Castrati and the Church --$tThe Popes and castration --$tMusic in church --$tThe theatres in the Papal States --$tThe Castrati in Society --$tThe castrati and women --$tMasculine rivalries and friendships --$tThe castrati and their relatives --$tThe patrons --$tSatires and pamphlets --$tEuropean Journeys --$tPerpetual travellers --$tVienna and London --$tThe French and the castrati --$tFarinelli in Spain --$tIn the Evening of Life --$tFarewell to the public and the return to roots --$tOld age and the voice --$tLast occupations --$tThe Twilight of the Angels --$tFirst signs of decline --$tThe last two great castrati --$tThe Vatican and the last castrati.
546 $aTranslation of: Histoire des castrats.
520 1 $a"One of the strangest episodes in operatic history is the story of the castrati. In their heyday they were the toast of Europe: idolised, feted, adored by men and women alike, patronised by royalty and the nobility. They were showered with gifts, lived in the height of luxury and, in some cases, behaved like the most petulant prima donnas of modern times. And they are reputed to have sung like angels." "Patrick Barbier's entertaining and authoritative book is the first full study of the subject in the context of the baroque period. Covering the lives of more than sixty singers from the end of the sixteenth century to the nineteenth, he blends history and anecdote as he examines their social origins and backgrounds, their training and debuts, their brilliant careers, their relationship with Society and the Church and their decline and death."--Jacket.
650 0 $aCastrati.
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650 7 $aOpera$y18th century.$2nli
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBarbier, Patrick.$sHistoire des castrats. English.$tWorld of the castrati.$dLondon : Souvenir, 1996$w(OCoLC)654599140
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