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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.

513 --- Muziekanalyse - vormleer --- Handel, George Frideric, --- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Messiah. --- 78.21.1 Händel --- 526.30 --- Genre- en werkbesprekingen --- Handel, George Friederich --- Muziekanalyses --- Muziekgeschiedenis --- Messiah --- Barok --- Groot-Brittannië --- Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) --- Oratoria --- 18e eeuw --- Barokmuziek --- Analyses

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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

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Music --- barokmuziek --- Handel, George Frideric --- anno 1600-1699 --- Hanover

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Concertos (Clarinet) --- Analysis, appreciation --- History and criticism --- Stamitz, Karl, --- Stamitz, Carl

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Handel is recognised as one of the principal creative figures in Baroque music. In this Companion acknowledged experts on Handel make their expertise accessible to the interested general reader and music lover. All the genres in which Handel composed are considered including oratorio, chamber cantata, opera, and church music, as well as works for the keyboard and orchestra. The wide-ranging, specially-commissioned essays cover topics from Handel's composing methods to his treatment of the Italian language and matters of performance practice. The background to Handel's musical career is a major theme of the volume. The opening chapters deal with his musical education in Germany and the circumstances in Italy during his time there. Most of Handel's career was based in London and important topics here include contemporary concert life and theatre management, the British and Italian musicians among whom he worked, and the librettists for the English oratorios.

Handel, George Frideric, --- Criticism and interpretation.