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Portrait of a Castrato: Politics, Patronage, and Music in the Life of Atto Melan
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- Portrait of a Castrato : Politics, Patronage, and Music in the Life of Atto Melani
- Item Length
- 10in
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Series
- New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Width
- 7in
- Item Weight
- 27.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 452 Pages
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This book explores the fascinating life of the most documented musician of the seventeenth century. Born in 1626 into a bourgeois family in Pistoia, Italy, Atto Melani was castrated to preserve his singing voice and soon rose to both artistic and social prominence. His extant letters not only depict the musical activities of several European centers, they reveal the real-life context of music and the musician: how a singer related to patrons and colleagues, what he thought about his profession, and the role music played in his life. Whether Atto was singing, spying, having sex, composing, or even rejecting his art, his life illustrates how music-making was always also a negotiation for power. Providing a rare glimpse of the social and political contexts of seventeenth-century music, Roger Freitas sheds light on the mechanisms that generated meaning for music, clarifying what music at this time actually was.
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107696100
ISBN-13
9781107696105
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Product Key Features
Publication Name
Portrait of a Castrato : Politics, Patronage, and Music in the Life of Atto Melani
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism Ser.
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
452 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
27.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
Series Number 19
Lc Classification Number
Ml420.M3497f74 2014
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'The book includes a survey of Atto's cantatas, polished, efficient exemplars of a fashionable new Italian genre, but in the end far less important to their creator than the wordly advancement their performances brought with it. Richly documented, this whole extraordinary chronicle of the eunuch as self-made man is one of the most absorbing studies in its field to have appeared in recent years.' Times Literary Supplement
Table of Content
Introduction; 1. Creating a castrato; 2. The politics of patronage: 1638-53; 3. In pursuit of prestige: 1653-5; 4. The sexuality of the castrato; 5. Disgrace and transformation: 1656-71; 6. Atto Melani and the cantata; 7. Completing the portrait: 1671-1714; Appendices: A. The letters of Atto Melani; B. Letters addressed to or concerning Atto Melani; C. Satires: Sopra Atto Melani musico and Al Signor Atto Melani; D. Excerpt from the Receuil des défenses of Nicolas Fouquet; E. Biographical sketch from Tommaso Trenta's Memorie; F. The cantata texts of Atto Melani, with analyses and translations; G. The Wills: For Italy; For France; H. The cabinet in the 'Salotto dell'Abbate Melani', from the inventory of 1782.
Copyright Date
2014
Topic
Cultural Heritage, General
Dewey Decimal
782.1092 B
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
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