Venanzio Rauzzini and the Birth of a New Style in English Singing

ISBN-13: 9781032200293 / Miękka / 2023 / 232 str.

UK) Robertson-K Brianna E. (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Opis

An Italian castrato and father of English singing; a sought-after singing master and subject of scandal. This book considers how Venanzio Rauzzini became known as the founder of a new style of English singing. It is a unique insight into eighteenth-century Georgian culture.

Spis treści

Prelude: "The First Master for Singing in the Universe"  1. Britain’s Music Education in Decline  2. Using and Creating Celebrity  3. Natural or Learned?  4. "The Father of a New Style in English Singing"?  5. A Master’s Treatise: A Legacy Product  6. Master or Servant: Vilifying the Female Amateur and the Italian Master  7. A Respectable Master or a Scandalous Lover?  Postlude: The Eighteenth Century in the Twenty-First Century

O autorze

Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland is a Lecturer in Historical Musicology at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.