Alessandro Moreschi
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Alessandro Moreschi was an Italian chorister of the late 19th century and the only castrato to make solo recordings.
Moreschi c. 1900
Young Alessandro Moreschi (c. 1880).
Alessandro Moreschi c. 1914
The Alteration
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The Alteration is a 1976 alternate history novel by British writer Kingsley Amis, set in a parallel universe in which the Reformation did not take place. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in
Alessandro Moreschi
…individually audible). British author Kingsley Amis listened to a Moreschi recording in 1973, and used his thoughts on it as the basis for the novel The Alteration (1976). The novel is set in an alternate world where the Papal choir is still recruiting castrati in the 1970s, and is told from the viewpoint of a boy…
Cover of first edition (hardcover)