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The Lyric Myth of Voice Peritz-The Lyric Myth of Voice.indd 1 10/08/22 2:48 PM Peritz-The Lyric Myth of Voice.indd 2 10/08/22 2:48 PM The Lyric Myth of Voice civilizing song in enlightenment italy Jessica Gabriel Peritz university of california press Peritz-The Lyric Myth of Voice.indd 3 10/08/22 2:48 PM University of California Press Oakland, California © 2022 by Jessica Gabriel Peritz Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Peritz, Jessica Gabriel, 1984– author. Title: The lyric myth of voice : civilizing song in Enlightenment Italy / Jessica Gabriel Peritz. Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2022007606 (print) | LCCN 2022007607 (ebook) | ISBN 9780520380790 (cloth) | ISBN 9780520380806 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Opera—Italy—18th century. | Singing—Italy— History—18th century. | Voice (Philosophy)—History—18th century. Classification: LCC ML1733.3 .P47 2022 (print) | LCC ML1733.3 (ebook) | DDC 782.10945/09034—dc23/eng/20220608 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022007606 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022007607 Manufactured in the United States of America 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Peritz-The Lyric Myth of Voice.indd 4 10/08/22 2:48 PM For Mitch Peritz-The Lyric Myth of Voice.indd 5 10/08/22 2:48 PM Peritz-The Lyric Myth of Voice.indd 6 10/08/22 2:48 PM yes! radiant lyre sing to me become a voice sappho, fragment 118, circa sixth century BCE Orpheus . . . is, above all, a civilized human creature. vernon lee, “Orpheus in Rome,” 1889 Peritz-The Lyric Myth of Voice.indd 7 10/08/22 2:48 PM Peritz-The Lyric Myth of Voice.indd 8 10/08/22 2:48 PM contents List of Illustrations and Tables xi Editorial Principles xiii Introduction 1 1 • The Poet Sings 18 2 • The Orfeo Act 53 3 • Civilizing Song 83 4 • Domesticating the Tenth Muse 118 5 • Sublime Suffering and the Good Mother 158 Epilogue 198 Acknowledgments 203 Notes 207 Bibliography 251 Index 271 Peritz-The Lyric Myth of Voice.indd 9 10/08/22 2:48 PM Peritz-The Lyric Myth of Voice.indd 10 10/08/22 2:48 PM

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