Alto : the voice of bel canto / / Dan H. Marek
| Alto : the voice of bel canto / / Dan H. Marek |
| Autore | Marek Dan H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
| Disciplina | 783.6/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Contraltos
Opera |
| ISBN | 1-4422-3589-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
Chapter 13. Carolina Unger (Ungher): The Forgotten Prima DonnaChapter 14. Maria (Garcia) Malibran; Chapter 15. Pauline (Garcia) Viardot; Chapter 16. The Altos of Grand Opéra; Chapter 17. "La Favorite," Rosine Stoltz; Chapter 18. Altos in Opéra Lyrique and Opéra 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 Chapter 25. Contemporary Alto SingersSelected Bibliography; Selected Bibliography; Alto Singer Index; General Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798649903321 |
Marek Dan H.
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| Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2016] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Alto : the voice of bel canto / / Dan H. Marek
| Alto : the voice of bel canto / / Dan H. Marek |
| Autore | Marek Dan H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
| Disciplina | 783.6/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Contraltos
Opera |
| ISBN | 1-4422-3589-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
Chapter 13. Carolina Unger (Ungher): The Forgotten Prima DonnaChapter 14. Maria (Garcia) Malibran; Chapter 15. Pauline (Garcia) Viardot; Chapter 16. The Altos of Grand Opéra; Chapter 17. "La Favorite," Rosine Stoltz; Chapter 18. Altos in Opéra Lyrique and Opéra 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 Chapter 25. Contemporary Alto SingersSelected Bibliography; Selected Bibliography; Alto Singer Index; General Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823935203321 |
Marek Dan H.
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| Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2016] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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