London voices 1820-1840 vocal performers, practices, histories / edited by Roger Parker and Susan Rutherford.

Other author Parker, Roger, 1951-
Other author Rutherford, Susan.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Description293 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction : London voices 1820-1840 : a "luminous guide" / Roger Parker and Susan Rutherford -- How the ballad singer lost her "woice" / Oskar Cox Jensen -- The traffic in voices : the exchange value of Italian opera in Giuseppe Mazzini's London / $r Mary Ann Smart -- Interpreting the Italian voice in London (and elsewhere) / Claudio Vellutini -- The castrato as creator : Velluti's voice in the London sheet-music market / Sarah Fuchs -- "The essence of nine trombones" : Luigi Lablache and models of masculinity in 1830s London / Sarah Hibberd -- Adelaide Kemble and the voice as means / Matildie Thom Wium -- On tongues and ears : divine voices in the modern metropolis / James Grande -- From dissent to community : the Sacred Harmonic Society and amateur choral singing in London / Wiebke Thormèahlen -- Foreign voices, performing Frenchness : Jenny Colon and the "French plays" in London / Kimberly White -- "Singer for the million" ; Henry Russell, popular song, and the solo recital / Susan Rutherford -- Vessels of flame : Letitia Elizabeth Landon and the improviser's voice / Melina Esse -- "Silver fork" novels and the place of voice / Cormac Newark -- Voice boxes / Ellen Lockhart.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2019016539
ISBN9780226670188 (cloth : alk. paper)
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