The ocean of sopranos career of a castrato singer, Luigi Marchesi (1754-1829)
"Luigi Marchesi (1754-1829), «The Ocean of Sopranos» — as Benedetto Frizzi called him — was one of the most famous and most popular singers of late-eighteenth-century Europe, an outstanding star who lit up the musical world from the ancien régime to the Napoleonic Age. Endowed with a voice that...
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Sprache: | eng |
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Heiloo, Nederland
Stile Galante
2024
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Schriftenreihe: | Studies on vocal music
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Zusammenfassung: | "Luigi Marchesi (1754-1829), «The Ocean of Sopranos» — as Benedetto Frizzi called him — was one of the most famous and most popular singers of late-eighteenth-century Europe, an outstanding star who lit up the musical world from the ancien régime to the Napoleonic Age. Endowed with a voice that encompassed an exceptionally wide range, and with a celebrated taste for acrobatic singing and extravagant embellishments, Marchesi soon became an almost mythological character." |
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Beschreibung: | XII, 347 Seiten Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele |
ISBN: | 9789082815122 978-90-828151-2-2 |