Handel: Messiah

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Donald Burrows brings many new insights to this fascinating account of one of the favorite works of the concert hall. He 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. The book addresses such questions as the position of Messiah within the oratorio genre, Handel's treatment of structural design, tonal relationships in the work and problems of English wordsetting, as well as contemporary issues such as Handel's relationship with his librettist, Charles Jennens, and with his performers and audience. … full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:

Donald Burrows, 1945-

Document Type:

Books

Document range:

x, 127 s. :

Published:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997, c1991

Edition:

Repr.

Series:

Cambridge music handbooks

Subjects:

Händel, Georg Friedrich, > 1685-1759. > Messiah

18. století

oratoria > Německo > 18. století

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Physical Description:

x, 127 s. : noty ; 22 cm

Bibliography:

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Bibliografie na s. 121-122

ISBN:

0-521-37620-3