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BL
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| Record Number
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630478
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Davies, J. Q.,1973-
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| Title & Author
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Romantic anatomies of performance /\ J.Q. Davies
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| Page. NO
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xiii, 265 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780520279391 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0520279395 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Veluti in speculum : the twilight of the castrato -- Reflecting on reflex : a touching fact about Chopin -- The Sontag-Malibran stereotype -- Boneless hands/Thalberg's ready-made soul/velvet fingers -- In search of voice : Nourrit's voix mixte, Donzelli's bari-tenor -- Liszt's metapianism and the cultural history of the hand
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| Abstract
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" ... Is concerned with the very matter of musical expression: the hands and voices of virtuosic musicians."--book jacket
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| Subject
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Music-- 19th century-- History and criticism
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Music-- Performance-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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781.4/309034
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| LC Classification
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ML160.D257 2014
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