THE EMERGENCE OF THE ROLE OF THE SOLO VOCALIST AND THE POSITION OF WOMEN AS SINGERS (ITALY).
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Title
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THE EMERGENCE OF THE ROLE OF THE SOLO VOCALIST AND THE POSITION OF WOMEN AS SINGERS (ITALY).
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Identifier
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AAI8801714
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identifier
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8801714
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Creator
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GOLDNER, JUNE RIESS.
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Date
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1987
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Individual and Family Studies | Women's Studies
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Abstract
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The study examines the emergence of the role of the female virtuoso singer from the earliest appearances of solo vocalists until their establishment as a central and prominent part of the organization of opera at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The work analyses the creation and early development of the singer's role in the West, describing how it came into existence and how it evolved in its definition and articulation as an artistic occupational role. Moreover, it attempts to explain how and when women attained positions as singers in this occupational world.;This requires looking at the early history of the singing tradition in the West, examining how singers came to their positions, and then how their expectations, attitudes, values, abilities and personalities contributed to the way in which this new role came to be organized and defined and how it continually changed. Most studies of social roles are synchronic. The emphasis here is on the development and operation of a role through time. We are concerned, therefore, with the various social, political, economic, religious and musical determinants that influenced its creation and growth--conditions (cordial and uncordial) out of which musical styles arose and musical artists were conceived. These societal processes and cultural ideologies influenced conceptions of the social position and function in society of vocal music generally and the singer specifically and affected beliefs about who should "belong" within that particular position.;It is also central to this work to note the position--or nonposition--of females as singers. The history of singing and the history of the status of women are considered in relation to one another. It is the introduction of gender as the focus for analysis which distinguishes this work from conventional social history.;We are, in effect, then, addressing an occupational development that took place concurrently with and linked to certain musical developments; both of which were affected by political events, economic viability and class structures, religious beliefs, social norms, forms of patronage and the nature of audiences; and involved what we will find to be a unique position for women.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Sociology
