"Largo al factotum" from Gioachino Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia: A Study in Ornamentation and Performance Practice

abstract: From the time it was written, the aria "Largo al factotum" from Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia has been performed and ornamented in many different ways. The present study is an inventory and analysis of ornaments sung in 33 recordings from 1900 to 2011 and the major diffe...

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Other Authors: Briggs, Andrew Nathan (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.25091