A fascinating insight into the life and music-making of the most documented musician of the seventeenth century, castrato Atto Melani.

At the center of this interdisciplinary study are court monsters--dwarves, hirsutes, and misshapen individuals--who, by their very presence, altered Renaissance

Implements stories of surgical alteration to consider how early modern individuals conceived the relationship between body, mind, and self.

This young adult novel shines a light on the life of the boys whose pure voices would never change. The politics, the intrigue, and the all-encompassing music r

The Castrato is a nuanced exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. It shows that