Author: Dean, Winton
Title: Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques
Description: London/ New York, Oxford University Press, 1979. Hardcover. 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 -- Interlude 1733-1738 -- Saul -- Interlude 1738-1742 -- Samson -- Semele -- Joseph and his bretheren -- Hercules -- Belshazzar -- Judas Maccabaeus -- Alexander Balus -- Joshua -- Solomon -- Susanna -- Theodora -- The choice of Hercules -- Jephtha. Includes bibliographical references (pages 675-678). 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.) .
Keywords: Music ; Handel, George Frideric; 18th Century Composers ; ;
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Title: Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques
Description: London/ New York, Oxford University Press, 1979. Hardcover. 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 -- Interlude 1733-1738 -- Saul -- Interlude 1738-1742 -- Samson -- Semele -- Joseph and his bretheren -- Hercules -- Belshazzar -- Judas Maccabaeus -- Alexander Balus -- Joshua -- Solomon -- Susanna -- Theodora -- The choice of Hercules -- Jephtha. Includes bibliographical references (pages 675-678). 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.) .
Keywords: Music ; Handel, George Frideric; 18th Century Composers ; ;
Price: US$ 65.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 185683
- Book number: 185683
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