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An Investigation Of Italian Singing Practices Of The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries, George C. White

Graduate Student Research Papers

Many contemporary documented sources have substantiated the claims of earlier scholars that singing in the eighteenth century reached such a high point of skill and virtuosity that it has never since been equaled. If the above is true, it would seem that an investigation of the early singing schools would be of value to contemporary teachers and students of singing, in as much as various vocal theories seem to advocate differences of opinion.