LEADER 02959nam 2200493 450 001 9910798649903321 005 20230808195424.0 010 $a1-4422-3589-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000861560 035 $a(EBL)4689776 035 $a(OCoLC)950084435 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4689776 035 $a(DLC) 2016023541 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000861560 100 $a20160509h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAlto $ethe voice of bel canto /$fDan H. Marek 210 1$aLanham :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-6505-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Musical Examples; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. THE ALTO VOICE IN THE BAROQUE ERA; Chapter 1. Mezzos and Contraltos; Chapter 2. Why Castrati?; Chapter 3. Altos in the Dawn of Opera; Chapter 4. Altos, Neapolitan Style; Chapter 5. Mr. "Hendel's" Altos; Chapter 6. Faustina Bordoni and Il Caro Sassone; Chapter 7. Gluck's Basses-Dessus and Mozart's Altos; Chapter 8. Intermezzo; PART II. ALTOS IN THE ROMANTIC REVOLUTION; Chapter 9. Cambio di Voce; Chapter 10. The Swan of Pesaro and I Musici; Chapter 11. The Maestro and the Prima Donna Assoluta; Chapter 12. Giuditta Pasta 327 $aChapter 13. Carolina Unger (Ungher): The Forgotten Prima DonnaChapter 14. Maria (Garcia) Malibran; Chapter 15. Pauline (Garcia) Viardot; Chapter 16. The Altos of Grand Ope?ra; Chapter 17. "La Favorite," Rosine Stoltz; Chapter 18. Altos in Ope?ra Lyrique and Ope?ra Comique; Chapter 19. The Bel Canto Altos of Bellini and Donizetti; Chapter 20. Verdi and Verismo Altos; Chapter 21. German Romanticism, Wagner, Strauss, and the Alto Voice; Chapter 22. The Russian Altos; Chapter 23. Altos in the English-Speaking World; PART III. ALTOS AFTER 1900; Chapter 24. Twentieth-Century Altos 327 $aChapter 25. Contemporary Alto SingersSelected Bibliography; Selected Bibliography; Alto Singer Index; General Index; About the Author 330 $aAlto: The Voice of Bel Canto by Dan H. Marek examines the careers of the great alto singers, including the great castrati, from the dawn of opera in 1597 to the present day. He surveys the music of the composers who wrote for the alto voice and includes musical examples and exercises adapted from the 24 Easy Vocalises in Progressive Order for Medium Voice by Marco Bordogni (1789-1856). 606 $aContraltos 606 $aOpera 615 0$aContraltos. 615 0$aOpera. 676 $a783.6/8 700 $aMarek$b Dan H.$01475212 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798649903321 996 $aAlto$93689351 997 $aUNINA