Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Music --- Musique --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich --- Handel, George Frideric --- Composers --- England --- Biography --- 78.21.1 Händel --- Acqui 2006

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Handel is one of the most remarkable figures in the history of western music. His compositions form one of the peaks of creative achievement in the Baroque period, and cover a remarkable range: full-scale Italian operas and English oratorios (including Messiah), but also shorter works such as the Water Music and the Coronation Anthem Zadok the Priest. His compositional processes were often complex, but could result in accessible and memorable 'hit tunes', such as the aria that subsequently became famous as 'Handel's Largo'.His life and career were as remarkable as his music. Born in Germany to

Composers --- Compositeurs --- Biography. --- Biographies --- Handel, George Frideric, --- Händel, G. F. --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich --- Händel, Georg Frideric --- Haendel, Georges-Frédéric, --- Gendelʹ, Georg Fridrikh, --- Khendel, G. F. --- Khendel, Georg Fridrikh, --- Händel, Georg Friedrich, --- Handel, G. F. --- Haendel, G. F. --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich, --- Gendelʹ, G. F. --- Handel, Geʼorg-Fridrikh, --- Hendelis, G. F., --- Henderu, Georuku Furīdorihhi, --- Haendel, George Frideric, --- Handel, George Frederick, --- Hendel, George Frideric, --- Handel, George Fredrick, --- הנדל, --- Handel, F. G., --- Händel

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The life and career of George Frideric Handel, one of the most frequently performed composers from the Baroque period, are copiously and intricately documented through a huge variety of contemporary sources. This major multi-volume publication is the most up-to-date and comprehensive collection of these documents. Presented chronologically in their original languages with English translations and with commentaries incorporating the results of recent research, the documents provide an essential and accessible resource for anyone interested in Handel and his music. In charting his activities in Germany, Italy and Britain, the documents also offer a valuable insight into broader eighteenth-century topics, such as court life, theatrical history, public concerts and competition between music publishers. This volume covers the period of Handel's London opera career during which he achieved gradual independence from the Royal Academy opera company, but also introduced English theatre oratorios and wrote the music for the 1727 coronation.

Handel, George Frideric, --- Composers --- Music --- Opera --- Compositeurs --- Musique --- Opéra --- History --- Sources --- History and criticism --- Sources. --- Histoire --- Histoire et critique --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Händel, G. F. --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich --- Händel, Georg Frideric --- Haendel, Georges-Frédéric, --- Gendelʹ, Georg Fridrikh, --- Khendel, G. F. --- Khendel, Georg Fridrikh, --- Händel, Georg Friedrich, --- Handel, G. F. --- Haendel, G. F. --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich, --- Gendelʹ, G. F. --- Handel, Geʼorg-Fridrikh, --- Hendelis, G. F., --- Henderu, Georuku Furīdorihhi, --- Haendel, George Frideric, --- Handel, George Frederick, --- Hendel, George Frideric, --- Handel, George Fredrick, --- הנדל, --- Handel, F. G., --- Appreciation. --- Public opinion. --- Händel

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

In this wide-ranging and challenging book, Ruth Smith shows that the words to Handel's oratorios reflect the events and ideas of their time and have far greater meaning than has hitherto been realized. She explores literature, music, aesthetics, politics and religion to reveal Handel's works as conduits for eighteenth-century thought and sensibility. She provides a full picure of Handel's librettists and shows how their oratorio texts express key moral-political preoccupations and engage with contemporary ideological debate. British identity, the need for national unity, the conduct of war, the role of government, the authority of the Bible, the purpose of literature, the effect of art - these and many more concerns are addressed in the librettos. The book thus enriches our understanding of Handel, his times, and the relationships between music and its intellectual contexts.

Libretto. --- Libretto --- Librettos --- Dramatic music --- History and criticism --- Handel, George Frideric, --- Great Britain --- History --- Oratorios --- -Librettos --- -History and criticism --- Handel, George Frideric --- Livrets --- Grande-Bretagne --- Histoire --- Handel, Georg Friedrich --- 18th century --- Oratorios - - Librettos - - History and criticism - 18th century --- -Handel, George Frideric, - 1685-1759 --- Great Britain - History - 18th century --- Händel, G. F. --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich --- Händel, Georg Frideric --- Haendel, Georges-Frédéric, --- Gendelʹ, Georg Fridrikh, --- Khendel, G. F. --- Khendel, Georg Fridrikh, --- Händel, Georg Friedrich, --- Handel, G. F. --- Haendel, G. F. --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich, --- Gendelʹ, G. F. --- Handel, Geʼorg-Fridrikh, --- Hendelis, G. F., --- Henderu, Georuku Furīdorihhi, --- Haendel, George Frideric, --- Handel, George Frederick, --- Hendel, George Frideric, --- Handel, George Fredrick, --- הנדל, --- Handel, F. G., --- Händel