ABSTRACT
This anthology represents scholarly literature devoted to Handel over the last few decades, and contains different kinds of studies of the composer's biography, operatic career, singers, librettists, and his relationship with the music of other composers. Case studies range from recent research that transforms our knowledge of large-scale English works to an interdisciplinary exploration of an individual opera aria. Designed to bring easy and convenient access to students, performers and music lovers, the wide-ranging articles are selected by David Vickers (co-editor of the recent Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia) from diverse sources - not only familiar important journals, but also specialist yearbooks, festschrifts, not easily accessible newsletters, conference proceedings and exhibition catalogues. Many of these represent an up-to-date understanding of modern Handel studies, deal with fascinating biographical issues (such as the composer's art collection, his chronic health problems, and the nature of popular anecdotal evidence), and fill gaps in the mainstream Handelian literature.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|1 pages
Biographical Aspects
part II|1 pages
Handel and the Opera House
part III|1 pages
Case Studies of Handel’s Compositions
chapter [16]|12 pages
Some Thoughts on Musical Organization in L’Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato
part IV|1 pages
Handel’s Performers
part V|1 pages
Librettists
part VI|1 pages
Handel and Other Composers
part VII|1 pages
Performing Handel