This handbook covers Handel's best known public music, the Water Music, written at the outset of his English career, and the Music for the Royal Fireworks, the last and largest of his orchestral creations. The genesis of these two orchestral suites is examined in its political as well as musical context; practical questions of performance style and interpretation are balanced by an enquiry into Handel's compositional processes, and the relationship of his other large-scale orchestral compositions, especially the Concerti a ...
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This handbook covers Handel's best known public music, the Water Music, written at the outset of his English career, and the Music for the Royal Fireworks, the last and largest of his orchestral creations. The genesis of these two orchestral suites is examined in its political as well as musical context; practical questions of performance style and interpretation are balanced by an enquiry into Handel's compositional processes, and the relationship of his other large-scale orchestral compositions, especially the Concerti a due cori, to these suites. Original source material is set alongside the most recent theories on Handel's character and working methods. In particular the problem of 'borrowings' is addressed with reference to most recent identifications of Handel's sources, together with the later presentation of these works in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with an account of recordings, editions and a summary of performance questions.
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New. Trade paperback (US). 166 p. Cambridge Music Handbooks . 68 Printed music items; 8 Halftones, unspecified. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Intended for college/higher education audience.
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New. 168 p. Cambridge Music Handbooks . 68 Printed music items; 8 Halftones, unspecified. Intended for college/higher education audience. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 300grams, ISBN: 9780521544863.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN: 9780521836364.
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Very good. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). 155 p. Cambridge Music Handbooks. Audience: General/trade; Professional and scholarly; College/higher education. LCCN 2006274337 Type of material Book Personal name Hogwood, Christopher. Main title Handel: Water music and Music for the royal fireworks / Christopher Hogwood. Published/Created Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Description xii, 155 p. : ill., maps, plans, music; 22 cm. ISBN 9780521836364 (hbk. ) 0521836360 (hbk. ) 0521544866 (pbk. ) LC classification MT92. H15 H64 2005 Subjects Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Water music. Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Music for the royal fireworks. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-146) and index. Series Cambridge music handbooks UPC/EAN 9780521544863 (pbk. ) Dewey class no. 784.2/1858 National bib no. GBA548488 National bib agency no. 013215448 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocm60611021
