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Author Howard, Patricia, author.

Title The modern castrato : Gaetano Guadagni and the coming of a new operatic age / Patricia Howard.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  782.1 G93Bh 2014    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Description xiv, 238 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents From Lodi to London (1728-1748) -- A London apprenticeship (1748-1749) -- Guadagni and Handel (1749-1755) -- Guadagni the actor -- Building a career on the European stage (1755-1762) -- Guadagni in Vienna (1762-1765) -- Return to the Veneto (1765-1769) -- Success and scandal in London (1769-1771) -- Guadagni the composer -- At home in Padua (1771-1782) -- The last decade (1782-1792) -- Guadagni the singer.
Subject Guadagni, Gaetano, 1728-1792.
Castrati -- Italy -- Biography.
ISBN 9780199365203 (hardback)
0199365202 (hardback)
9780199365210 (electronic text)
0199365210 (electronic text)

 
    
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