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The Cambridge Companion to Handel
D (Ed) Burrows
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Description for The Cambridge Companion to Handel
Paperback. A Companion to one of the principal creative figures in Baroque music. Editor(s): Burrows, Donald. Series: Cambridge Companions to Music. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 b/w illus. 45 music examples. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Series
Cambridge Companions to Music
Condition
New
Weight
625g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521456135
SKU
V9780521456135
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Ref
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Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to Handel
'… condenses the current state of knowledge on various topics and the fruits of very recent research, some of it original and some of it now made available for the first time in English.' The Handel Institute Newsletter '… both scholarly yet eminently readable and, as such, it s a book that will undoubtedly have wide appeal to both musical ... Read more