George Frideric Handel
Collected Documents
Volume 3. 1734–1742
- 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: October 2018
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107019553
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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 multi-volume major 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. This volume begins with Handel's move to the Covent Garden theatre, during the period of his competition with the Opera of the Nobility, and ends with his season of oratorio performances in Dublin. These years saw the composition of Italian operas including Ariodante, Alcina and Serse but also of the major English works Alexander's Feast, Saul and Messiah.
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
- 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: October 2018
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107019553
- length: 944 pages
- dimensions: 253 x 180 x 46 mm
- weight: 2kg
- contains: 12 b/w illus. 3 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
The documents 1734–42
1734–5
1735–6
1736–7
1737–8
1738–9
1739–40
1740–1
1741–2
Libraries and archives
Bibliography
Index of Handel's works
Index of persons
General index.
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