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SUMMARY:The Anatomy and Physiognomy of Early Modern Vocal Identity - Richa
 rd Wistreich
DTSTART:20150126T170000Z
DTEND:20150126T183000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Coincidentally in 1600 two lavish books were published in Nort
 hern Italy\, both revolutionary: Julius Casserius's huge Anatomical Histor
 y of the Organs of Voice and Hearing with its famous detailed engravings o
 f dissections and the equally detailed score of Ottavio Rinuccini's and Ja
 copo Peri's Euridice – the first modern through-sung drama in music\, no
 wadays considered to be the first genuine opera. Each in its own way was a
 n attempt to represent in print that which could not\, in fact\, be record
 ed – the human voice. And although the 'images' of the voice which each 
 of these books contains appear to us timelessly translatable — seeing as
  our own voices must be physically identical with those of people in 1600 
 — in reality\, both books were conceived and born within a vocal paradig
 m utterly different to our own\, especially the ways in which the connecti
 ons between voice and identity were understood. This paradox is the starti
 ng point for an exploration of the question 'how might an understanding of
  the medical\, philosophical and social concepts of early modern vocality 
 affect how we attempt to read its silent traces today'.\n\nRichard Wistrei
 ch is Professor of Music and Director of Research at the Royal College of 
 Music. His wide-ranging research interests are focused primarily on the cu
 ltural and social history of music-making in early-modern Europe. His book
  Warrior\, Courtier\, Singer: Giulio Cesare Brancaccio and the Performance
  of Identity in the Late Renaissance was published in 2007 (Ashgate)\, as 
 was The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi (CUP)\, co-edited with John When
 ham\; currently he is co-editor\, with Iain Fenlon\, of The Cambridge Hist
 ory of Sixteenth-Century Music (CUP). His wider research interests embrace
  the history and culture of performance in all ages\, the pedagogy and pra
 ctice of singing\, and other related topics. Richard is also an internatio
 nally renowned performer of both early and contemporary music: he has made
  concert\, radio and television appearances worldwide\, and recorded more 
 than 100 CDs of music ranging from award-winning albums of twelfth century
  organum\, to many new works commissioned for the ensemble Red Byrd\, and 
 including celebrated discs of Monteverdi and Purcell.
LOCATION:Recital Room\, Faculty of Music
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