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Falsettists, Castratos and Sopranos…
Falsettists, Castratos and Sopranos…The falsetto technique played a vital part in early polyphonic music, having appeared long before it was described in formal treatises or employed in Renaissance musical performances. As far […]
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A Voice Mistaken: Domenico Mancini and the Echo of the Castrati
The figure of Domenico Mancini represents a valuable and particularly significant testimony for understanding the sometimes subtle boundary between the voice of a falsettist and that of a castrato singer. Mancini, a […]
The Tempo in the Choral Music of the XVI Century
I would like to consider how tempo was written about in the XVI century and attempts to estimate the speed of the standard tempo that musicians thought of as unexceptional. The sources […]
Pescespada Mediterraneo
Il pescespada del Mediterraneo è un pesce azzurro dal sapore abbastanza forte, basta però trovare la ricetta giusta per cucinarlo e renderlo molto delicato. Quella che vi propongo di seguito, fidatevi lo […]
Singing, In Style, Renaissance Vocal Music
Renaissance vocal music does not seem to be an integral and faithful derivation of polymnia, but rather appears to have progressed logically out of the medieval trends. More evolutionary than revolutionary, the […]
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A Voice Mistaken: Domenico Mancini and the Echo of the Castrati
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From enthusiasm to enterprise: how associationism has changed with the reform of the Third Sector
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Singing, In Style, Renaissance Vocal Music
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Colin Mawby and his World
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The Lady in Black
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Romuald Twardowski: When the new and the old become original
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The True History of the Vespers of the Blessed Virgin by Alessandro Grandi