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Definition of Castrati
1. castrato [n] - See also: castrato
Lexicographical Neighbors of Castrati
Literary usage of Castrati
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Venice Under the Yoke of France and of Austria: With Memoirs of the Courts by Lady of rank (1824)
"Further Anecdotes of King Ferdinand and of Queen Caroline of Naples Character of
the Neapolitans Saint Janu- arius / castrati State of Music Pacchierotti ..."
2. Albania: A Narrative of Recent Travel by Edward Frederick Knight (1880)
"However, just as the sun was setting we approached the hut of castrati. ...
He was much tickled, slapped me on the shoulder, and said, "castrati mir" (Nice ..."
3. Intermarriage; or The mode in which, and the causes why, beauty, health and by Alexander Walker (1838)
"All who have amined the larynx of castrati, to discover the re; of their preserving
the ... The change that takes pi in the voice of castrati is well known; ..."
4. Music (1896)
"It was the castrati and the castrati alone who were able to perform the harmonic
feats mentioned by Mr. Greene. ..."
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