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Bel canto (Italian for 'beautiful singing' / 'beautiful song', Italian: [ˈbɛl ˈkanto])—with several similar constructions (bellezze del canto, bell'arte del canto, pronounced in English as / b ɛ l ˈ k ə n t ə ʊ / ⓘ)—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing.
bel canto, style of operatic singing that originated in Italian singing of polyphonic (multipart) music and Italian courtly solo singing during the late 16th century and that was developed in Italian opera in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. Using a relatively small dynamic range, bel canto singing was based on an exact control of the ...
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May 22, 2001 · Bel Canto is a captivating novel about a hostage crisis, a love story, and the power of music. Join the world's largest community of readers and discover why this book won the PEN/Faulkner Award.
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Oct 16, 2016 · Bel canto literally translates to “beautiful singing,” and it was a popular singing style in Italian opera from the mid-18th to early 19th centuries. The three kings of bel canto – Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini – all reigned supreme in the early 19th century, but bel canto as an approach to singing actually started before them.
Sep 14, 2018 · Bel Canto: Directed by Paul Weitz. With Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Sebastian Koch, Ryô Kase. A world-renowned opera singer becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America.
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Bel Canto is the fourth novel by American author Ann Patchett, published in 2001 by Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. It was awarded both the Orange Prize for Fiction and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. [1] It was placed on several top book lists, including Amazon's Best Books of the Year (2001). [2]
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