Handel: Messiah (Cambridge Music Handbooks)

Type

Book

Authors

Donald Burrows

ISBN 10

0521374790

ISBN 13

9780521374798

Tags

Voice, Music

Description

Donald Burrows brings many new insights to this fascinating account of one of the favorite works of the concert hall. He traces the course of Messiah from Handel's initial musical response to the libretto, through the oratorio's turbulent first years to its eventual popularity with the Foundling Hospital performances. The book addresses such questions as the position of Messiah within the oratorio genre, Handel's treatment of structural design, tonal relationships in the work and problems of English wordsetting, as well as contemporary issues such as Handel's relationship with his librettist, Charles Jennens, and with his performers and audience. - from Amzon

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