The Castrato: Reflections on Natures and Kinds by Martha Feldman

The Castrato: Reflections on Natures and Kinds

Martha Feldman

421 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Castrato is the first book to explore in depth why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. It shows that although the practice formed the foundation of Western classical singing, it ...

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