An international collaboration between leading scholars showcases a
broad spectrum of observations on Handel and his music, covering
many aspects of modern interdisciplinary and traditional
philological musicology. As soon as Handel composed, rehearsed and
performed his music, it was already a subject of fascination for
the authors of reports, polemics and critical appraisals. The
continuous yet evolving culture of Handelian studies is represented
here in its current state by several generations of scholars who
are inspired by the research, publications and teaching of Donald
Burrows. This festschrift contains twenty essays that exemplify
aspects both of traditional philological enquiry and of modern
interdisciplinary musicology. Much like a baroque dramma per
musica, the narrative is divided into three parts. Act I, 'Handel's
Music and Creative Practices', is an exposition that sets the scene
and introduces the main characters: musical case studies stretch
from his first opera Almira (Hamburg, 1705) to his last English
oratorio The Triumph of Time and Truth (London, 1757). Act II, is
'Sources, Documents and Attributions', develops complications to
the plot: there is new information about the authenticity of
chamber cantatas and instrumental pieces, and reports on
manuscript, printed, and archival sources that demonstrate how
primary research may be interpreted and understood. Act III,
'Context and Reception', moves us towards the lieto fine: some
broad contexts of Handel in relation to his contemporaries and
colleagues are considered alongside reception studies of the
composer's music both within and after his lifetime. DAVID VICKERS
teaches Academic Studies at Royal Northern College of Music
(Manchester) and is a council member of The Handel Institute.
CONTIBUTORS: Graydon Beeks, Michael Burden, John Butt, Hans Dieter
Clausen, Matthew Gardner, Anthony Hicks, David Hunter, H. Diack
Johnstone, Andrew V. Jones, David Kimbell, Richard G. King, Annette
Landgraf, Tríona O'Hanlon, Suzana Ograjenšek, Leslie M. M.
Robarts, John H. Roberts, Ruth Smith, Colin Timms, David Vickers
and Silas Wollston.
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