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Essays on Handel and Italian Opera [Hardcover]

Reinhard Strohm (Author)

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Publication Date: July 26, 1985

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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Hardcover: 330 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Second Edition edition (July 26, 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521264286
ISBN-13: 978-0521264280
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,832,905 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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