Description |
vii, 357 pages : music ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Festschrift series ; no. 22
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Festschrift series ; no. 22.
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Note |
In part, "essays originally published between 1981 and 2001 in the programme books of the Maryland Handel Festival"--Page 4. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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"Writings by Howard Serwer": pages 353-357. |
Contents |
pt. I. -- From Walsh to the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe : Handel editions past and present / Terence Best -- Handel's years as an apprentice to Rheinhard Keiser at the Gänsemarkt Opera House in Hamburg (1703-1705) / Hans Joachim Marx -- Jupiter in Argos / Winton Dean -- Why does Jephtha misinterpret his own vow? / Ruth Smith -- For better or worse? : Handel's revisions in Theodora / David Ross Hurley -- Who does what, when? : on the instrumentation of the basso continuo and the use of the organ in Handel's English oratorios / David Burrows -- Royal patronage of Handel in Britain : the rewards of pensions and office / David Hunter -- Pyramids in Germany : on the German reception of Handel's oratorios in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Annette Landgraf -- Reinventing Handel : Hermann Stephani's Jephtha arrangement / Kenneth Nott -- Our Handel image / Alfred Mann -- -- |
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pt. II -- Handel, Jennens, and Messiah / Howard Serwer -- Messiah performance traditions / Jens Peter Larsen -- Esther and the beginning of English oratorio / Howard Serwer -- Theatre in London in Handel's day / Shirley Strum Kenny -- Chandos anthem IX / Graydon Beeks -- Deborah is a failure / Howard Serwer --Handel commemoration : 1684(?)-1784-1984 / Howard Serwer -- Handel as a political football in the 1784 commemoration / William Weber -- Notes on the program [Acis and Galatea] / Graydon Beeks -- Handel and the theatre / Winton Dean -- Handel's Saul / Anthony Hicks -- Some sources of Handel's Israel in Egypt [Erba's Magnificat and Stradella's Serenata] / Anthony Hicks -- Israel in Egypt / Donald Burrows -- Notes on the program [Greene's Ode for music and Handel's Song for St. Cecilia's day] / Anthony Hicks -- Handel's Samson / Donald Burrows -- Congreve's Semele and opera in London / Calhoun Winton -- Handel's Semele / Anthony Hicks -- Handel, the Foundling Hospital, and Messiah / Donald Burrows -- Handel's Agrippina / J. Merrill Knapp -- Joseph and his brethren / Donald Burrows -- Notes on the program [Hercules auf dem Scheideweg ; The choice of Hercules] / Anthony Hicks -- Handel's Hercules / Anthony Hicks -- Handel's Belshazzar / Donald Burrows -- Judas Maccabaeus / Anthony Hicks -- Alexander Balus / Anthony Hicks -- Joshua / Donald Burrows -- Handel in 1749 / Donald Burrows -- Susanna / Anthony Hicks -- Solomon / Donald Burrows -- Theodora / Donald Burrows -- Jephtha / Anthony Hicks. |
Subject |
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Oratorios -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
Chronological Term |
18th century |
Subject |
Oratorio.
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Oratorio. |
Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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Added Author |
Serwer, Howard.
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King, Richard G. (Richard Glenn), 1954-
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Maryland Handel Festival.
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ISBN |
9781576471548 |
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1576471543 |
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