How Long to Read Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence

How Long Does it Take to Read Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 43 minutes to read Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence by Emily Wilbourne

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Description

"Grounded in new archival research documenting a significant presence of foreign and racially-marked individuals in Medici Florence, this book argues for the relevance of such individuals to the history of Western music and for the importance of sound-particularly musical and vocal sounds-to systems of racial and ethnic difference. Many of the individuals discussed in these pages were subject to enslavement or conditions of unfree labor; some labored at tasks that were explicitly musical or theatrical, while all intersected with sound and with practices of listening that afforded full personhood only to particular categories of people. Integrating historical detail alongside contemporary performances and musical conventions, this book makes the forceful claim that operatic musical techniques were-from their very inception-imbricated with racialized differences. Race, Voice, and Slavery in Seventeenth-Century Florence offers both a macro and micro approach to its content. The first half of the volume draws upon a wide range of archival, theatrical and historical sources to articulate the theoretical interdependence of razza (lit. "race"), voice, and music in early modern Italy; the second half focuses on the life and work of a specific, racially-marked individual: the enslaved, Black, male soprano singer, Giovannino Buonaccorsi (fl. 1651-1674). Race, Voice, and Slavery in Seventeenth-Century Florence reframes the place of racial difference in Western art music and provides a compelling pre-history to later racial formulations of the sonic"--

How long is Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence?

Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence by Emily Wilbourne is 521 pages long, and a total of 130,771 words.

This makes it 176% the length of the average book. It also has 160% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 54 minutes to read Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence aloud.

What Reading Level is Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence?

Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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