The castrati : lungs of men, voices of women -- Angelica Catalani : pyrotechnics and greed -- A digression on travel, the industrial revolution, and related matters -- Giuditta Pasta, Maria Malibran, Henrietta Sontag, and Giulia Grisi : bel canto --…
Part I: Great virtuosi of the past. Dr. John Bull -- J.S. Bach -- Domenico Scarlatti -- Mozart -- Moscheles -- Chopin -- Liszt -- Clara Schumann -- Anton Rubinstein -- Leschetizky -- Busoni -- Paderewski -- Rachmaninoff -- Part II: Some prominent…