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This book explores a performance genre which emerged in the 1850s, in which recited drama or poetry was accompanied by music. The author explores how the genre came to be dominated by women, and how performances helped promote new social ideas of gender. With a preface, appendix, notes, and index. A few music examples and black & white photos.
xvii, 324 p.; 23 cm.
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Language: English
ISBN: 0252082222
ISBN13: 9780252082221
Elocutionists : Women, Music and The Spoken Word.
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