Moreschi and the voice of the castrato
By: Nicholas Clapton
Publisher: Haus Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781905791422
Subjects: Castration / Italy / History; Gesang; Gesangstimme; Kastrat; Castration; Castrati; Gesangsstimme; Biography; Castrati / Biography; Singers; Singers / Italy / Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-338) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one. Life and times: Origins and connections ; I nuovi musici ; Beginnings ; Early days in Rome ; The Cappella dei Cantori Pontifici ; Moreschi's early years at the Sistine Chapel 1883-1891 ; The years of the New Constitution 1891-1898 ; Winds of change 1898-1903 ; A long twilight; title: Part two. Heritage and legacy: The voice and the legacy ; A concert, a plaque and a party (or, rather, two of each) ; David M. Howard: Acoustics of the castrato voice ; Ben Byram-Wigfield: On Allegri's Miserere ; Paul J Moses: The psychology of the castrato voice.