{totalEditions, plural,
            =0 {<b># editions </b>} 
            one {<b># edition </b>}
            other {<b># editions </b>}
        }
        {totalHoldingCount, plural,
            =0 {in # libraries} 
            one {in # library}
            other {in # libraries}
        }

<b>This edition</b> in {totalHoldingCount} libraries

{libraryName} added to favorite libraries

{libraryName} removed from favorite libraries

Better World Books

AbeBooks

VitalSource

Amazon

Select this title to view the detailed record for {title}

Added: {formattedDate}

New at the library

All ({x})

Fiction

Nonfiction

View access options

Access from your libraries

Borrow from {library}

{formattedDistance} away

Borrow

Borrow from <b>{institution}</b> near {location}

Access Online

Request this item via:

Get it from {institution}

Borrow from your library

Borrow from {institution}

Unable to find any access options. Search the library catalog.

Check out this item I found on https://worldcat.org

Look what I found on WorldCat.org

Cite list {title}

Cite

Cite {itemTitle}

Share {itemTitle}

Add {itemTitle} to a list

Share

Add to list

Share list {title}

Item shared from WorldCat.org

Edition

Publisher

View all Formats and Editions for {title}

Dissertation

View all formats and editions

Unable to find libraries on WorldCat with this item.

Access

ISSN

Cast

Language Notes

Notes

Genre

ISBN

Subjects

Medium of Performance

Event Notes

Reproduction Notes

Show less information

Series

Publication

Credits

Show more information

Performers

Additional Physical Form Entry

Click this link to view the DOI record {x}

Physical Description

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier

Target Audience

Numeric Designation of Musical Work

More Information

Cartographic Mathematical Data

We tailor your experience based on the order of your favorite libraries.

Drag or select a library from below to update the order

use the arrow up and down keys to change the order

{0}, order {1} in the list of {2} libraries

Unable to save libraries order. Please try again

To save changes to the library order, press Done

WorldCat.org

<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD>List of Figures and Table</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>vii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>List of Music Examples</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>ix</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Acknowledgements</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xi</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>List of Abbreviations</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xiii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>1</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>PART ONE Identity of a Performer</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>1 Napolitano y de buena casta</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>9</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>2 Sieur Jule Brancasse, gentilhomme ordinaire de la Chambre du Roy</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>49</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>3 Il pi�� veterano tra' soldati</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>83</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>PART TWO Bass Song</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>4 Il basso del Brancazio</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>129</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>5 Per basso solo</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>159</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>6 Basso ally bastarda</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>193</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>PART THREE Performance of Identity</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>7 Poco preggio di soldato, ma anche di Corteggiano</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>221</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>8 Tra novelle sirene</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>239</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>9 Conti in dolce tenon</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>253</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Appendix 1 Giulio Cesare Brancaccio: Works</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>275</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Appendix 2 Selected Documents</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>279</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Bibliography</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>303</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>323</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

1 online resource (xii, 332 pages) : . illustrations, music

Giulio Cesare Brancaccio was a Neapolitan nobleman with long practical experience of military life. He was also a virtuoso bass singer whose performances were praised by both Tasso and Guarini. Richard Wistreich examines Brancaccio's life in detail and considers the mental and social world of a warrior and courtier with musical skills in a broader context. He also illustrates the use of music in the process of 'self-fashioning' and the role of performance of all kinds in the construction of male noble identity within court culture, including the nature and currency of honour, chivalric virtù a

Warrior, courtier, singer : Giulio Cesare Brancaccio and the performance of identity in the late Renaissance