4 edition of Handel"s dramatic oratorios and masques found in the catalog.
Handel"s dramatic oratorios and masques
Winton Dean
Published
1990
by Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press in Oxford [England], New York
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | Winton Dean. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | ML410.H13 D35 1989 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xii, 694 p., [9] p. of plates : |
| Number of Pages | 694 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL2190818M |
| ISBN 10 | 0198161840 |
| LC Control Number | 89009277 |
26 The first edition of the word-book for Israel in Egypt () was also printed by Wood but bears no publisher's name; see Winton Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques, London, (repr. Oxford, ), p. 27 See Jennens's letter to Edward Holdsworth of 21 February /3, given in Burrows, Handel's 'Messiah' pp. study Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques, as well as in numerous ar-ticles and sleeve- notes and in the publish-ed collection of his Berkeley lectures, Handel and the Opera Seria (). Second-ly, because the operas of Handel were for so long considered impossible to perform and anyway not worth the effort: impossi-.
As Winton Dean put it in his classic Handel’s Dramatic Oratorios and Masques (), Handel’s profound and sympathetic insights into the psychology of characters ‘of all nations, religions, ages’, all ‘drawn on their merits, with no loading of the dice’, allowed his works to transcend the ‘limited sympathies and narrow didacticism. Handel's Operas by Winton Dean, John Merrill Knapp starting at $ Handel's Operas has 1 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace.
the last season of oratorios that he presented in London), and (Smith’s death). One plausible interpretation of Coxe’s version of events would be as follows: that some 3 Winton Dean, Handel’s Dramatic Oratorios and Masques(London, ); Handel, Messiah, ed. Watkins Shaw (London, [vocal score], [full score]). Send Email. Recipient(s) will receive an email with a link to 'Metric Reorganization as an Aspect of Handel's Compositional Process' and will not need an account to access the content.
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Handel's dramatic oratorios and masques. London, New York, Oxford University Press, (OCoLC) Named Person: George Frideric Handel; George Frideric Handel; George Frideric Handel; George Frideric Handel: Material Type: Biography: Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: Winton Dean.
Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques [Dean, Winton] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and MasquesCited by: Winton Dean's masterly and definitive study deals with Handel's eighteen oratorios and masques in dramatic form.
These works, which represent the peak of the composer's achievement, are essentially theatrical rather than religious and would undoubtedly have been performed on the stage from the first but for the intervention of the ecclesiastical authorities.4/5(1).
The Handelian Synthesis: Status of the English oratorio --Historical outline --Fortuitous birth --Quality of Handel's genius --Dramatic structure of the oratorios --Effects of the ban on staging --Nature of dramatic music --Handel, Racine, and Greek tragedy --Pantheism and dramatic detachment --Range of characterization --Flexibility of design.
Looking in depth at Handel's oratorios and masques in dramatic form--among them some of the highest achievements of musical drama ever written--Dean here discusses general questions of history, style, and performance, and explains how the oratorios have been progressively misrepresented since Handel's day; subsequent chapters detail each of his eighteen works in.
Winton Dean's masterly and definitive study deals with Handel's eighteen oratorios and masques in dramatic form.
These works, which represent the peak of the composer's achievement, are essentially theatrical rather than religious and would undoubtedly have been performed on the stage from the first but for the intervention of the ecclesiastical authorities.5/5(1).
Buy Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques by Dean, Winton (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.5/5(1). London, OUP.
reprint of first edition ppSleeve protected jacket, frayed and chipped, with two inch tear to top of spine. Cream, with red and black titles, all rather tired and very good, with gold gilt titles and decoration. George Frideric Handel (hăn´dəl), –, English composer,Germany.
Handel was one of the greatest masters of baroque music, most widely celebrated for his majestic oratorio Messiah. Of German descent, he was originally named Georg Friedrich Handel. About the Authors: Wynton Dean is the author of Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques.
John Merrill Knapp is Emeritus Professor of Music at Princeton University. From inside the book. George Frideric Handel, German-born English composer of the late Baroque era, noted particularly for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions.
He wrote the most famous of all oratorios, Messiah, and is also known for such occasional pieces as Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks. The opera house in the Haymarket —first known as the Queen's Theatre and then later as the King's Theatre—where many of Handel's works were first performed.
Illustration by William Capon. George Frideric Handel 's operas comprise 42 musical dramas that were written between and in various genres. (1) Dean, W. Handel’s Dramatic Oratorios and Masques, p London: Oxford University Press.
(2) Brett, P. & Haggerty, G. Handel and the Sentimental: the case of ‘Athalia’. Music and Letters, 68(2), This article is based on an undergraduate dissertation prepared for examination at the University of Cambridge. Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the Coverdale Psalter, the version of the Psalms included with the Book of Common was first performed in Dublin on 13 April and received its London premiere nearly a year : Charles Jennens, from the King James Bible.
Wynton Dean is the author of Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques. John Merrill Knapp is Emeritus Professor of Music at Princeton University.
"synopsis" may belong to 4/5(1). Every known surviving manuscript has been examined. Eight appendices cover all performances in Handel's time, borrowings, modern revivals, new information on his singers, and a complete index of Italian first lines in all Handel's works.
About the Authors: Wynton Dean is the author ofHandel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques. 17 See Winton Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques (London, ), PP, where Handel's borrowings in the dramatic oratorios are codified. The one instance of Scarlatti's name occurs in relationship to a passage which appears to be the common property of the Italian baroque, passing from Cesti to Scarlatti and appear.
Ruth Smith, Handel's Oratorios and Eighteenth-Century Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. The study of context has achieved significance in quite different fash ions and rates of speed in various fields of music history.
For Mozart, contextualism has become quite central, thanks in particular to the workAuthor: William Weber. Winton Dean, in his magisterial study Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques (Oxford University Press, ) further points out that Handel used the organ as a single-line tone-colour – indeed as an instrument of the orchestra – by simply marking the part “tasto solo” (keyboard alone, which means don't realize the bass).
In this way it. After two centures of near-total neglect, Handel's operas are now increasingly popular in the theatre, but modern productions are hampered by dependence on obsolete and inaccurate editions, and by ignorance of the musical and theatrical practice of Handel's age.
Although Handel's autographs Price: $. This list is manually maintained, therefore some of the available pieces may not yet be linked from this page.
For an automatically generated alphabetical list of all available pieces, please see. Category:Handel, George Frideric.
A list of works in the composer category that are not included here can be found on this page. He is rightly regarded as the originator of the English *oratorio, with its prominent role for the chorus. As Handel was essentially a man of the theatre, his oratorios are generally highly dramatic in style; they include Esther (), Saul (), Israel in Egypt (), Judas Maccabeus (), and Solomon ().Belshazzar (HWV 61) is an oratorio by George Frideric libretto was by Charles Jennens, and Handel abridged it considerably.
Jennens' libretto was based on the Biblical account of the fall of Babylon at the hands of Cyrus the Great and the subsequent freeing of the Jewish nation, as found in the Book of Daniel.
Handel composed Belshazzar in the late .
