Handel'S Oratorios and Eighteenth-Century Thought (Hardcover, New)

In this wide-ranging and challenging book, Ruth Smith 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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Ruth Smith
Dimensions:	236 x 158 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	500
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-40265-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music Books > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > General
LSN:	0-521-40265-4
Barcode:	9780521402651

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