The reception of female singers in nineteenth-century Britain, focusing on Jenny Lind (1820-1887)

十九世纪英国女歌手的接受情况，以珍妮·林德（Jenny Lind，1820-1887）为中心

• 批准号: 112871/1
• 负责人: George Biddlecombe
• 金额: $ 1.75万
• 依托单位: Royal Academy of Music
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2006 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=112871%2F1
• 关键词: reception; female; singers; nineteenth; century

This project investigates issues that shaped the reception of leading female singers in nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing upon a wealth of hitherto untapped primary sources, it focuses on the construction of Jenny Lind as a cultural icon with its attendant disparities between myth and reality. It analyses the conceptualizing of outstanding women singers within a cultural perspective that embraces musical issues, ranging from performance to the vested interests of the opera business, together with cultural and social factors. It considers how their public image was conditioned by prevailing ideologies of female decorum, including long-established views of the morality of the theatre. The primary output will be a monograph. Further outputs will include articles and papers given at conferences and seminars. My findings illustrate the importance of a broad array of factors (including nationalism and xenophobia, attitudes towards wealth and philanthropy, and religious conviction) in shaping the public reputations of female singers. Mine will be the first published work to place women singers in this wider socio-cultural context. By supplying new approaches and contextual frameworks my project will have a positive impact on nineteenth-century British studies in general, especially for the research community.

这个项目调查的问题，形成了在十九世纪英国的主要女歌手的接待。借鉴了迄今为止尚未开发的主要来源的财富，它侧重于珍妮林德作为一个文化偶像的建设与神话和现实之间的差距。它从文化角度分析了杰出女歌手的概念，包括音乐问题，从表演到歌剧业的既得利益，以及文化和社会因素。它考虑了他们的公众形象是如何受到当时流行的女性礼仪意识形态的影响，包括长期以来对戏剧道德的看法。主要产出将是一本专著。其他产出将包括在会议和研讨会上发表的文章和论文。我的研究结果说明了一系列广泛的因素（包括民族主义和仇外心理，对财富和慈善事业的态度，以及宗教信仰）在塑造女歌手的公众声誉方面的重要性。我的作品将是第一部将女歌手置于更广泛的社会文化背景下的作品。通过提供新的方法和背景框架，我的项目将对19世纪的英国研究产生积极的影响，特别是对研究界。