Rodolfo Celletti, Who Has Devoted His Whole Career To Studying The Voice From Every Historical, Technical, And Musical Aspect, Offers Here A History Of Bel Canto Singing And The Voice In Operatic Literature. He Begins By Discussing The Links Between Bel Canto And The Operatic Ideals Of The Baroque, And Points Out That The Style Was Created As Much By Operatic Composers And Their Librettists As By Their Executants, The Singers. To This End He Undertakes A Review Of Italian Opera Of The Period, And Traces The Development Of The Style In Different Composers And Their Works. --from Publisher's Description. The Cult Of Bel Canto, Virtuosity, And Hedonism -- The Vocal Art In Baroque Opera. From Reciting In Song To Roman Opera ; Monteverdi ; Cavalli And Cesti ; Legrenzi, Sartorio, P.a. Ziani, And Pollarolo ; Carlo Pallavicino And Steffani ; Scarlatti ; The Golden Age : From Lotti To Handel -- Particular Aspects Of Baroque Opera. The Castrato And The Art Of Singing In His Day ; Tempest Arias ; Buffo Roles -- Rossini. Rossini's Views On Melody And On Singing ; Characteristics Of Rossini's Writing For The Voice ; Types Of Voice In Rossini's Operas ; Vocalism In The Rossini Period, Performance Practice, Stendhal's Views On Singing -- Death And Resurrection Of Bel Canto. Rodolfo Celletti ; Translated From The Italian By Frederick Fuller. Translation Of: Storia Del Belcanto. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Storia del belcanto

Celletti, Rodolfo

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Oxford [England], Oxford [England, 1991

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of: Storia del belcanto.

218 p. : 23 cm
Translation of: Storia del belcanto
Includes bibliographical references and index

2023-06-28