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Music in the London Theatre from Purcell to Handel (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,755
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Music in the London Theatre from Purcell to Handel (Hardcover): Colin Timms, Bruce Wood

Music in the London Theatre from Purcell to Handel (Hardcover)

Colin Timms, Bruce Wood

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This book is concerned with a hundred years of musical drama in England. It charts the development of the genre from the theatre works of Henry Purcell (and his contemporaries) to the dramatic oratorios of George Frideric Handel (and his). En route it investigates the objections to all-sung drama in English that were articulated in the decades around 1700, various proposed solutions, the importation of Italian opera, and the creation of the dramatic oratorio - English drama, all-sung but not staged. Most of the constituent essays take an in-depth look at a particular aspect of the process, while others draw attention to dramatic qualities in non-dramatic works that also were performed in the theatre. The journey from Purcell to Handel illustrates the vigour and vitality of English theatrical and musical traditions, and Handel's dramatic oratorios and other settings of English words answer questions posed before he was born.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2017
Editors: Colin Timms • Bruce Wood
Dimensions: 253 x 182 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-15464-3
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera
Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Musical theatre
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)
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LSN: 1-107-15464-2
Barcode: 9781107154643

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