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发帖数: 3872 | 1 Bel canto
(It.: 'beautiful singing').
The phrase 'bel canto', along with a number of similar constructions
('bellezze del canto', 'bell'arte del canto'), has been used without
specific meaning and with widely varying subjective interpretations.
It did not take on special meaning as a term until the mid-19th century:
'neither musical nor general dictionaries saw fit to attempt definition
until after 1900' (Duey). Even so, the term remains ambiguous and is
often used nostalgically in its applicati |
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