Ruth Smith, Smith Ruth

Handel's Oratorios and Eighteenth-Century Thought

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this wide-ranging and challenging book, Ruth Smith shows that the words of Handel's oratorios reflect the events and ideas of their time and have far greater meaning than has hitherto been realised. She explores literature, music, aesthetics, politics and religion to reveal Handel's works as conduits for eighteenth-century thought and sensibility.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 957g
• ISBN-13: 9780521402651
• ISBN-10: 0521402654
• Artikelnr.: 21599464

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. English Origins of English Oratario: 1. Artistic norms
2. The purpose of art
3. Music, morals and religion
4. The biblical sublime
5. The survival of the epic
6. The defence of Christianity
7. Towards oratorio
Part II. The Patriot Libretto from the Excise Bill to the Jew Bill: Israelite Oratarios and English Politics: 8. Political events and political thought
9. Allegorical politics
10. Moral politics
11. Esther to Athalia
12. In time of war
13. Images of government
14. The conflict of public and private interests
15. Coda: the end of Handel's Israelite oratorios
Appendices
Notes
Index.