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Handel on the Stage /

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. I...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kimbell, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.