Giulio Cesare Brancaccio and the Performance of Identity in the Late Renaissance
by
Richard Wistreich
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Giulio Cesare Brancaccio was a Neapolitan nobleman with long practical experience of military life, first in the service of Charles V and later as both soldier and courtier in France and then at the court of Alfonso II d'Este at Ferrara. He was also a virtuoso bass singer whose performances were praised...