Barbier, Patrick
BARBIER, Patrick
BARBIER, Patrick. French, b. 1956. Genres: Music. Career: Universite Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers, France, professor of music history. Publications: Histoire de Castrats, 1989, trans. as The World of the Castrati, 1996; Graslin, Nantes et l'Opera, 1993; Farinelli, le castrat des Lumiers, 1994; Opera in Paris, 1800-1850, 1995; La Maison des Italiens (les castrats a Versailles), 1998. Author of theatrical monologues on Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, and Schubert, for young adults.
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