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Essays on Handel and Italian Opera - Hardcover

Strohm, Reinhard

 
9780521264280: Essays on Handel and Italian Opera
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521264286 ISBN 13: 9780521264280
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

In this valuable collection of essays, published to coincide with the tercentenary of Handel's birth, Reinhard Strohm examines the relationship between Handel's great operas and the earlier European Baroque tradition, focusing on the Italian school, to which they are so crucially indebted. Handel's immediate heritage included the figures of Scarlatti, Gasparini and Vivaldi; this book establishes that context, concentrating on contemporary operatic practice, and proceeds to analyse three of Handel's best-known works. It shows how they elaborate and develop the style and method of the Italian operatic theatre, embracing previous traditions and synthesizing them with a new and exciting accentuation.

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Book Description

In this valuable collection of essays, published to coincide with the tercentenary of Handel's birth, Reinhard Strohm examines the relationship between Handel's great operas and the earlier European Baroque tradition, focusing on the Italian school, to which they are so crucially indebted.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1985
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521264286
ISBN 13 
9780521264280
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
330