Emblems of eloquence opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice / Wendy Heller.

Author/creator Heller, Wendy, 1955-
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxix, 386 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Contents The emblematic woman -- Bizzarrie feminile : opera and the Accademia degli incogniti -- Didone and the voice of chastity -- 'Disprezzata regina' : woman and empire -- The nymph Calisto and the myth of female pleasure -- Semiramide and musical transvestism -- Messalina la meretrice : envoicing the courtesan.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 353-369) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2003001853
ISBN0520209338 (alk. paper)

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