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Voice Machines
The Castrato, the Cat Piano, and Other Strange Sounds
Buch von Bonnie Gordon
Sprache: Englisch

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"The castrato phenomenon stretched from the late sixteenth century, when castrati first appeared in Italian courts and churches, through the eighteenth century, when they occupied a celebrity status on the operatic stage. Throughout this time, the voice of the castrato--hailed as uniquely strong, flexible and expressive--contributed to a dramatic expansion of the musical vocabulary and to finding new ways to embody the poetic text. For us today, the castrato also highlights the porous relationship of voices and instruments/machines and the inherent materiality of sound. In her revealing study, Bonnie Gordon asks what it meant that the early-modern period produced a caste of technologically altered male singers and she uses the castrato as a critical provocation for asking questions about the interrelated histories of music, technology, sound, the limits of the human body, and what counts as human"--
"The castrato phenomenon stretched from the late sixteenth century, when castrati first appeared in Italian courts and churches, through the eighteenth century, when they occupied a celebrity status on the operatic stage. Throughout this time, the voice of the castrato--hailed as uniquely strong, flexible and expressive--contributed to a dramatic expansion of the musical vocabulary and to finding new ways to embody the poetic text. For us today, the castrato also highlights the porous relationship of voices and instruments/machines and the inherent materiality of sound. In her revealing study, Bonnie Gordon asks what it meant that the early-modern period produced a caste of technologically altered male singers and she uses the castrato as a critical provocation for asking questions about the interrelated histories of music, technology, sound, the limits of the human body, and what counts as human"--
Über den Autor
A music historian who works across disciplines and creative practices, Bonnie Gordon is associate professor of music at the University of Virginia. She is a founding faculty member of the Equity Center at the University of Virginia and the new Sound Justice lab. She is the author of Monteverdi's Unruly Women and coeditor of The Courtesan's Arts. She plays jazz, rock, and classical viola.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Musikgeschichte
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780226825144
ISBN-10: 0226825140
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Gordon, Bonnie
Hersteller: University of Chicago Press
Maße: 231 x 152 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Bonnie Gordon
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.05.2023
Gewicht: 0,658 kg
Artikel-ID: 125696843
Über den Autor
A music historian who works across disciplines and creative practices, Bonnie Gordon is associate professor of music at the University of Virginia. She is a founding faculty member of the Equity Center at the University of Virginia and the new Sound Justice lab. She is the author of Monteverdi's Unruly Women and coeditor of The Courtesan's Arts. She plays jazz, rock, and classical viola.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Musikgeschichte
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780226825144
ISBN-10: 0226825140
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Gordon, Bonnie
Hersteller: University of Chicago Press
Maße: 231 x 152 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Bonnie Gordon
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.05.2023
Gewicht: 0,658 kg
Artikel-ID: 125696843
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