Girolamo Crescentini
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"of the nineteenth century , Schopenhauer could write in his diary , after hearing Girolamo Crescentini (1762 - 1846) in Vienna , " His supernaturally beautiful ..."--The Gendering of Men, 1600-1750 |
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Girolamo Crescentini (Urbania, 2 February 1762 – Naples 24 April 1846) was a noted Italian singer castrato (sopranista), a singing teacher and a composer.
Seventeen-year-old Arthur Schopenhauer who, in his turn, entered in his diary a voice that was “beautiful in a supernatural way” and provided with a full and sweet timbre.
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