Trouser Roles - The development of the role in opera from the seventeenth to twentieth century

This document presents the development trouser role. The first part is concentrated in the seventeenth century when the use of castrati was the main business in church music. Later in the same chapter is presented the development of women in opera, which so far was not a common practice, and how and...

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Main Author: Iwamoto, Tabita C
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University 2012
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Online Access:http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/music_theses/3
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=music_theses