Romantic anatomies of performance / J.Q. Davies.

Author
Davies, J. Q., 1973- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
  • ©2014
Description
xiii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    • Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanities [More in this series]
    • An Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanities
    Summary note
    " ... Is concerned with the very matter of musical expression: the hands and voices of virtuosic musicians."--book jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 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.
    ISBN
    • 9780520279391 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0520279395 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2013032716
    OCLC
    857234329
    Other standard number
    • 40023603731
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