Romantic anatomies of performance /
Davies, J. Q.,1973-author.
" ... Is concerned with the very matter of musical expression: the hands and voices of virtuosic musicians."--book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Veluti in speculum : the twilight of the castrato -- Reflecting on reflex : a touching fact about Chopin -- The Sontag-Malibran stereotype -- Boneless hands/Thalberg's ready-made soul/velvet fingers -- In search of voice : Nourrit's voix mixte, Donzelli's bari-tenor -- Liszt's metapianism and the cultural history of the hand.
" ... Is concerned with the very matter of musical expression: the hands and voices of virtuosic musicians."--book jacket.
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