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Review
`Hurley's achivement is constantly to consider what musical reason Handel might have for doing something; he is never content to shrug his shoulders and say 'who knows?'. In doing so he covers a lot of ground, throws up a lot of ideas, and questions some of the suggestions made by those who have written on the subject before. At the same time his scholarship is meticulous and well-read,' Early Music Today, August 1 2001

`an impressive insight into Handel's working methods.' Clifford Bartlett, Early Music Review, No. 70, May 2001

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This book represents the most thorough study to date of Handel's compositional procedures in his English oratorios and musical dramas. Exploring the composer's sketches and autograph scores, it offers fresh insights into the creative mind of one of the leading figures in Baroque music.

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SCHOLARS interested in compositional process have by now turned their attention to several composers of the eighteenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
concluding ritornello, internal ritornello, opening ritornello, leafy honours, dramatic oratorios, late oratorios, closing ritornello, vocal entrance, vocal cadence, minor mediant, section cadence, conducting score, skeleton score, musical autographs, final ritornello, fond shepherd, weak cadence, capo aria, entire completed, capo form, vocal statement, musical imagery, col canto, autograph version, strong cadence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, Winton Dean, John Roberts, Queen of Sheba, Ann Arbor, New York, Charles Jennens, Documentary Biography, Gerald Abraham, Robert Marshall, British Library, Cambridge University Press, Charles Burney, Donald Burrows, Harmonious Blacksmith, Johann Mattheson, Elaine Sisman, General History of Music, Giulia Frasi, Harvard University Press, Ruth Smith, Alexander Balus, Huntington Library, King's Theatre, Oxford University Press New!
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