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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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.