TY - BOOK AU - Potter,John TI - Tenor: history of a voice SN - 9780300118735 (paperback) AV - ML1400 P68 2009 PY - 2009///] CY - New Haven, CT PB - Yale University Press KW - Tenors (Singers) KW - History KW - Singing KW - Nonfiction N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-293) and index; Includes Web resources; The prehistory of the voice -- Handel, Mozart and the tenor-castrato connection -- Nourrit, Duprez and the tenorino d'hier -- The tenor as artist -- Caruso and the Italian succession -- The romantic tenor hero -- Splendid isolationists? : the British Isles in the twentieth century -- France and the decline of linguistic lyricism -- Russia and the preservation of lost traditions -- The twentieth-century Heldentenor -- Post-war losses and gains -- Notes --Tenorography -- Audio, video and website sources -- Select bibliography -- Index; 700-799 ER -