Music in the London Theatre from Purcell to Handel
Herausgeber: Timms, Colin; Wood, Bruce
Music in the London Theatre from Purcell to Handel
Herausgeber: Timms, Colin; Wood, Bruce
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The book is concerned with musical settings (c.1650-1750) for voices and instruments of mostly secular texts that were performed in English theatres. It is of value to those with an interest in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English music, literature, drama or theatre, showing how these arts intersected.
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The book is concerned with musical settings (c.1650-1750) for voices and instruments of mostly secular texts that were performed in English theatres. It is of value to those with an interest in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English music, literature, drama or theatre, showing how these arts intersected.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 284
- Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 254mm x 180mm x 22mm
- Gewicht: 734g
- ISBN-13: 9781107154643
- ISBN-10: 1107154642
- Artikelnr.: 46985494
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 284
- Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 254mm x 180mm x 22mm
- Gewicht: 734g
- ISBN-13: 9781107154643
- ISBN-10: 1107154642
- Artikelnr.: 46985494
List of figures; Music examples; Authors and editors; Introduction; Part
I. From Purcell to Handel: 1. Purcell's 'scurvy' poets Roger Savage; 2.
Opera as literature and the triumph of music Martin Adams; 3. The British
Enchanters and George Granville's theory of opera Wolfgang Hirschmann; 4.
Lost chances: obstacles to English opera for Purcell and Handel Jeffrey
Barnouw; 5. Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Perseverance: Dryden's plan
for English opera and its near-fulfilment in a Handel ode Andrew Pinnock
and Bruce Wood; Part II. Handel and Italian Opera: 6. Ombra mai fu: shades
of Greece and Rome in the librettos for Handel's London operas Peter Brown;
7. Handel and the uses of antiquity Reinhard Strohm; 8. From Metastasio's
Alessandro to Handel's Poro: a change of dramatic emphasis Graham Cummings;
9. Deidamia as an 'heroi-comi-pastoral' opera Sarah McCleave; Part III.
Handel and English Works in the Theatre: 10. Seventeenth-century literary
classics as eighteenth-century libretto sources: Congreve, Dryden and
Milton in the 1730s and '40s Matthew Gardner; 11. 'In this ballance seek a
character': the role of 'Il Moderato' in L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il
Moderato Ruth Smith; 12. 'Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures':
glancing and gazing spectatorship in Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il
Moderato Matthew Badham; 13. Accompanied recitative and characterisation in
Handel's oratorios Liam Gorry; 14. Handel, Charles Jennens and the advent
of scriptural oratorio John H. Roberts; Bibliography; Index.
I. From Purcell to Handel: 1. Purcell's 'scurvy' poets Roger Savage; 2.
Opera as literature and the triumph of music Martin Adams; 3. The British
Enchanters and George Granville's theory of opera Wolfgang Hirschmann; 4.
Lost chances: obstacles to English opera for Purcell and Handel Jeffrey
Barnouw; 5. Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Perseverance: Dryden's plan
for English opera and its near-fulfilment in a Handel ode Andrew Pinnock
and Bruce Wood; Part II. Handel and Italian Opera: 6. Ombra mai fu: shades
of Greece and Rome in the librettos for Handel's London operas Peter Brown;
7. Handel and the uses of antiquity Reinhard Strohm; 8. From Metastasio's
Alessandro to Handel's Poro: a change of dramatic emphasis Graham Cummings;
9. Deidamia as an 'heroi-comi-pastoral' opera Sarah McCleave; Part III.
Handel and English Works in the Theatre: 10. Seventeenth-century literary
classics as eighteenth-century libretto sources: Congreve, Dryden and
Milton in the 1730s and '40s Matthew Gardner; 11. 'In this ballance seek a
character': the role of 'Il Moderato' in L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il
Moderato Ruth Smith; 12. 'Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures':
glancing and gazing spectatorship in Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il
Moderato Matthew Badham; 13. Accompanied recitative and characterisation in
Handel's oratorios Liam Gorry; 14. Handel, Charles Jennens and the advent
of scriptural oratorio John H. Roberts; Bibliography; Index.
List of figures; Music examples; Authors and editors; Introduction; Part
I. From Purcell to Handel: 1. Purcell's 'scurvy' poets Roger Savage; 2.
Opera as literature and the triumph of music Martin Adams; 3. The British
Enchanters and George Granville's theory of opera Wolfgang Hirschmann; 4.
Lost chances: obstacles to English opera for Purcell and Handel Jeffrey
Barnouw; 5. Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Perseverance: Dryden's plan
for English opera and its near-fulfilment in a Handel ode Andrew Pinnock
and Bruce Wood; Part II. Handel and Italian Opera: 6. Ombra mai fu: shades
of Greece and Rome in the librettos for Handel's London operas Peter Brown;
7. Handel and the uses of antiquity Reinhard Strohm; 8. From Metastasio's
Alessandro to Handel's Poro: a change of dramatic emphasis Graham Cummings;
9. Deidamia as an 'heroi-comi-pastoral' opera Sarah McCleave; Part III.
Handel and English Works in the Theatre: 10. Seventeenth-century literary
classics as eighteenth-century libretto sources: Congreve, Dryden and
Milton in the 1730s and '40s Matthew Gardner; 11. 'In this ballance seek a
character': the role of 'Il Moderato' in L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il
Moderato Ruth Smith; 12. 'Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures':
glancing and gazing spectatorship in Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il
Moderato Matthew Badham; 13. Accompanied recitative and characterisation in
Handel's oratorios Liam Gorry; 14. Handel, Charles Jennens and the advent
of scriptural oratorio John H. Roberts; Bibliography; Index.
I. From Purcell to Handel: 1. Purcell's 'scurvy' poets Roger Savage; 2.
Opera as literature and the triumph of music Martin Adams; 3. The British
Enchanters and George Granville's theory of opera Wolfgang Hirschmann; 4.
Lost chances: obstacles to English opera for Purcell and Handel Jeffrey
Barnouw; 5. Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Perseverance: Dryden's plan
for English opera and its near-fulfilment in a Handel ode Andrew Pinnock
and Bruce Wood; Part II. Handel and Italian Opera: 6. Ombra mai fu: shades
of Greece and Rome in the librettos for Handel's London operas Peter Brown;
7. Handel and the uses of antiquity Reinhard Strohm; 8. From Metastasio's
Alessandro to Handel's Poro: a change of dramatic emphasis Graham Cummings;
9. Deidamia as an 'heroi-comi-pastoral' opera Sarah McCleave; Part III.
Handel and English Works in the Theatre: 10. Seventeenth-century literary
classics as eighteenth-century libretto sources: Congreve, Dryden and
Milton in the 1730s and '40s Matthew Gardner; 11. 'In this ballance seek a
character': the role of 'Il Moderato' in L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il
Moderato Ruth Smith; 12. 'Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures':
glancing and gazing spectatorship in Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il
Moderato Matthew Badham; 13. Accompanied recitative and characterisation in
Handel's oratorios Liam Gorry; 14. Handel, Charles Jennens and the advent
of scriptural oratorio John H. Roberts; Bibliography; Index.