George Frideric Handel
Collected Documents
Volume 2. 1725–1734
- Editors:
- Donald Burrows, The Open University, Milton Keynes
- Helen Coffey, The Open University, Milton Keynes
- John Greenacombe, The Open University, Milton Keynes
- Anthony Hicks, The Open University, Milton Keynes
- Date Published: June 2015
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107019546
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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.
Read more- A major reference work that includes recently discovered documents as well as the established repertory
- Provides complete chronological coverage of contemporary material relating to Handel's life and music, his performers and environment, including opera performances and music publishing
- Detailed commentaries and illustrations of the documents in their original form set the materials in their proper contexts
- Includes archive material from an extensive variety of sources on topics such as musical patronage in Rome, the circumstances of the eighteenth-century music professions and concert life in Britain
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- Date Published: June 2015
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107019546
- length: 872 pages
- dimensions: 254 x 185 x 43 mm
- weight: 1.9kg
- contains: 16 b/w illus. 4 colour illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Documents 1725–1734:
1725–1726
1726–1727
1727–1728
1728–1729
1729–1730
1730–1731
1731–1732
1732–1733
1733–1734
Libraries and archives
Bibliography
Index of Handel's works
Index of persons
General index.
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