Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations and Musical Examples ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. “Veluti in Speculum”: The Twilight of the Castrato 13
7. 2. Reflecting on Reflex: A Touching New Fact about Chopin 41
8. 3. The Sontag-Malibran Stereotype 66
9. 4. Boneless Hands / Thalberg’s Ready-Made Soul / Velvet Fingers 93
10. 5. In Search of Voice: Nourrit’s Voix Mixte, Donzelli’s Bari-Tenor 123
11. 6. Franz Liszt, Metapianism, and the Cultural History of the Hand 152
12. Epilogue 180
13. Notes 185
14. Works Cited 239
15. Index 257