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Handel's oratorios and eighteenth-century thought / Ruth Smith.
Author
Smith, Ruth, 1947-
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Book
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English
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Description
xiv, 484 pages : tables ; 24 cm
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Mendel Music Library - Stacks
ML410.H13 S58 1995
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Libretto
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Oratorios
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Librettos
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History
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18th century
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Great Britain
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History
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18th century
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Great Britain
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Intellectual life
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18th century
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Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759
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Oratorios
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Summary note
In this wide-ranging and challenging book, the author shows that the words of Handel's oratorios reflect the events and ideas of their time and have far greater meaning than has hitherto been realized. She sheds new light on the oratorio librettists and explores literature, music, aesthetics, politics and religion to reveal Handel's texts as conduits for eighteenth-century thought and sensibility. This book enriches our understanding of Handel, his times, and the relationships between music and its intellectual contexts.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 438-466) and index.
Contents
pt. I. English Origins of English Oratorio. 1. Artistic norms. 2. The purpose of art. 3. Music, morals and religion. 4. The biblical sublime. 5. The survival of epic. 6. The defence of Christianity. 7. Towards oratorio
pt. II. The Patriot Libretto from the Excise Bill to the Jew Bill: Israelite Oratorios and English Politics. 8. Political events and political thought. 9. Allegorical politics. 10. Moral politics. 11. Esther to Athalia. 12. In time of war. 13. Images of government. 14. The conflict of public and private interests. 15. Coda: the end of Handel's Israelite oratorios
Appendix 1: Libretto authors and sources
Appendix 2: The oratorios and Methodism.
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Handel's oratorios and 18th-century thought.
ISBN
0521402654
9780521402651
LCCN
94020603
OCLC
30594223
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