Looking in depth at Handel's oratorios and masques in dramatic form--among them some of the highest achievements of musical drama ever written--Dean here discusses general questions of history, style, and performance, and explains how the oratorios have been progressively misrepresented since Handel's day; subsequent chapters detail each of his eighteen works in this genre.
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Looking in depth at Handel's oratorios and masques in dramatic form--among them some of the highest achievements of musical drama ever written--Dean here discusses general questions of history, style, and performance, and explains how the oratorios have been progressively misrepresented since Handel's day; subsequent chapters detail each of his eighteen works in this genre.
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Good/Good (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Shelfwear to boards and dj. Light soiling to text block. Pages are otherwise clean. ) Red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; tan dj with burgundy and black lettering; xii, 694 pp; illustrations, portraits, plates, music. Contents: The oratorio before Handel--The early works and Italian operas--The Handelian synthesis--Handel's style in the oratorios--The background to performance; The autographs and printed librettos--The oratorios in performance--The oratorio and English taste--Acis and Galatea--Esther--Deborah--Athalia--Inter 1733-1738--Saul--Interlude 1738-1742--Samson--Semele--Joseph and his bretheren--Hercules--Belshazzar--Judas Maccabaeus--Alexander Balus--Joshua--Solomon--Susanna--Theodor choice of Hercules--Jephtha. Includes bibliographical references (pages 675-678).
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Fair. Ex-library with typical library markings/labels, otherwise unmarked. Cracked at both hinges, webbing exposed, pages secure. Cover shelf worn, no dj, but flap glued inside. Your purchase benefits world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
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