A history of bel canto
By: Rodolfo Celletti ; translated from the Italian by Frederick Fuller.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Singing -- History; Singers; Opera -- Italy
Description: Rodolfo Celletti, who has devoted his whole career to studying the voice from every historical, technical, and musical aspect, offers here a history of bel canto singing and the voice in operatic literature. He begins by discussing the links between bel canto and the operatic ideals of the baroque, and points out that the style was created as much by operatic composers and their librettists as by their executants, the singers. To this end he undertakes a review of Italian opera of the period, and traces the development of the style in different composers and their works. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of: Storia del belcanto.