| Description |
382 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 361-365. |
| Contents |
Singer and setting -- The castrati -- Some early virtuosos -- Virtuosos of the first "golden age" -- The last full flower -- Some early prima donnas -- The end of the era -- Epilogue for basses and tenors -- A new kind of prima donna -- A new kind of tenor -- The great quartet -- The nightingales -- The mezzo minority -- The new German singer -- Some gentlemen of the last "golden age" -- Some ladies of the last "golden age" -- An Italianate afterglow -- The singing actresses -- Some gentlemen who stand apart -- And two ladies -- Cadenza. |
| Subject |
Singers -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0671206125 |
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9780671206123 |
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