Handel on the Stage /
Kimbell, David,
Handel on the Stage / David Kimbell. - 1 online resource (221 pages)
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Feb 2016).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Handel and opera : a biographical survey of the circumstances -- The libretto (1) : argument : dramatis personae -- The libretto (2) : words for music -- The music (1) : mastering the medium -- The music (2) : its role in the drama -- Aspects of the performance of Handelian opera in his time and ours.
Of all the great composers of the eighteenth century, Handel was the supreme cosmopolitan, an early and extraordinarily successful example of a freelance composer. For thirty years the opera-house was the principal focus of his creative work and he composed more than forty operas over this period. In this book, David Kimbell sets Handel's operas in their biographical and cultural contexts. He explores the circumstances in which they were composed and performed, the librettos that were prepared for Handel, and what they tell us about his and his audience's values and the music he composed for them. Remarkably no Handel operas were staged for a period of 170 years between 1754 and the 1920s. The final chapter in this book reveals the differences and similarities between how Handel's operas were performed in his time and ours.
9780511998454 (electronic bk.) 0511998457 (electronic bk.) 9781316533567 (electronic bk.) 1316533565 (electronic bk.) 0521818419 9780521818414 9781316532607 1316532607 0521521602 9780521521604 (hardback) (paperback)
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Operas.
Händel, Georg Friedrich 1685-1759
Operas (Handel, George Frideric)
1700-1799
Opera--18th century.
MUSIC--Instruction & Study--Voice.
MUSIC--Lyrics.
MUSIC--Printed Music--Vocal.
Opera.
Oper
Aufführung
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
ML410.H13 / K56 2016
782.1092
Handel on the Stage / David Kimbell. - 1 online resource (221 pages)
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Feb 2016).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Handel and opera : a biographical survey of the circumstances -- The libretto (1) : argument : dramatis personae -- The libretto (2) : words for music -- The music (1) : mastering the medium -- The music (2) : its role in the drama -- Aspects of the performance of Handelian opera in his time and ours.
Of all the great composers of the eighteenth century, Handel was the supreme cosmopolitan, an early and extraordinarily successful example of a freelance composer. For thirty years the opera-house was the principal focus of his creative work and he composed more than forty operas over this period. In this book, David Kimbell sets Handel's operas in their biographical and cultural contexts. He explores the circumstances in which they were composed and performed, the librettos that were prepared for Handel, and what they tell us about his and his audience's values and the music he composed for them. Remarkably no Handel operas were staged for a period of 170 years between 1754 and the 1920s. The final chapter in this book reveals the differences and similarities between how Handel's operas were performed in his time and ours.
9780511998454 (electronic bk.) 0511998457 (electronic bk.) 9781316533567 (electronic bk.) 1316533565 (electronic bk.) 0521818419 9780521818414 9781316532607 1316532607 0521521602 9780521521604 (hardback) (paperback)
4354789 Proquest Ebook Central
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Operas.
Händel, Georg Friedrich 1685-1759
Operas (Handel, George Frideric)
1700-1799
Opera--18th century.
MUSIC--Instruction & Study--Voice.
MUSIC--Lyrics.
MUSIC--Printed Music--Vocal.
Opera.
Oper
Aufführung
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
ML410.H13 / K56 2016
782.1092