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Pages: 208
Authors: Paul F. Rice
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-12-08 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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This book highlights the experiences of castrato singers in Britain during the long eighteenth-century. These singers stood apart from traditional cultural and
Remaking English Society
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Alexandra Shepard
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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Written by leading authorities, the volume can be considered a standard work on seventeenth-century English social history. A tribute to the work of Keith Wrigh
London Opera Observed 1711-1844, Volume V
Language: en
Pages: 455
Authors: Michael Burden
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-08-01 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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The thrust of these five volumes is contained in their title, London Opera Observ’d. It takes its cue from the numerous texts and volumes which — during the
London Opera Observed 1711-1844
Language: en
Pages: 1819
Authors: Michael Burden
Categories: Music
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The thrust of these five volumes is contained in their title, London Opera Observ’d. It takes its cue from the numerous texts and volumes which — during the
The Castrato
Language: en
Pages: 496
Authors: Martha Feldman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-02 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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The Castrato is a nuanced exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. It shows that