Handel, Messiah /
This new guide to Handel's most celebrated work traces the course of Messiah from Handel's initial musical response to the libretto, through the oratorio's turbulent first years to its eventual popularity with the Foundling Hospital performances. Different chapters consider the varyin...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1991
Cambridge : 1991 Cambridge ; New York : 1991 |
| Series: | ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
ACLS Humanities E-Book Cambridge music handbooks |
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| Summary: | This new guide to Handel's most celebrated work traces the course of Messiah from Handel's initial musical response to the libretto, through the oratorio's turbulent first years to its eventual popularity with the Foundling Hospital performances. Different chapters consider the varying reception the work received in Dublin and London, the uneasy relationship between the composer and his librettist Charles Jennens and the many changes Messiah underwent through the varying needs and capacities of Handel's performers. As well as tracing the history of the work's development, the book addresses musical and technical issues such as Messiah's place in the oratorio genre, Handel's treatment of structural design, tonal relationships and English word-setting. An edited libretto elucidates the variants between the text that Handel set and the texts of the early printed word-books. Donald Burrows brings many new insights to this fascinating account of one of the favourite works of the concert hall |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 127 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) 1 online resource (x, 127 pages) : music x, 127 pages : music ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-122) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122) and index |
| ISBN: | 0-511-62009-8 1-139-08555-7 |
| Access: | Restricted for use by site license |