Abstract: Part 1: The oratorio before Handel the early works and Italian operas the Handelian synthesis Handel's style in the oratorios the background to performance the authographs and printed librettos the oratorios in performance the oratorio and English taste. Part 2: Acis and Galatea Deborah Athalia interlude 1733-1738 Saul interlude 1738-1742 Semele Joseph and his brethren Hercules Belshazzar Judas Macabaeus Alexander Balus Joshua Solomon Susanna Theodora the choice of Hercules Jephtha. Appendices: structural analysis instrumentation performances during Handel's life places of performance during Handel's life borrowings pieces sung in Italian variants in the text of Esther cuts in librettos of Samson Handel's oratorio singers stage revivals first lines of airs and duets.
Publication Year: 1959
Publication Date: 1959-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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