The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia
- Editor: Landgraf, Annette
- Editor: Vickers, David
This is an outstanding book, in scope, in scholarship and in presentation. Its 88 contributors read like a roll-call of the great and good in the field of Handel studies. Not simply an essential...
The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia
- Editor: Landgraf, Annette
- Editor: Vickers, David
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This is an outstanding book, in scope, in scholarship and in presentation. Its 88 contributors read like a roll-call of the great and good in the field of Handel studies. Not simply an essential...
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George Frideric Handel was born and educated in Germany, flourished in Italy, and chose to become British. One of the most cosmopolitan of the great composers, much of Handel's music has remained in the popular repertory since his lifetime, and a broad variety of his music theatre works from Italian operas to English oratorios have experienced a dramatic renaissance since the late twentieth century. A large number of publications devoted to Handel's life and music have appeared from his own time to the present day, but The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia gathers the full range of present knowledge and leading scholarship into a single volume for convenient and illuminating reference. Packed with well over 700 informative and accessible entries, both long and short, this book is ideal for performers, scholars, students and music lovers who wish to explore the Handelian world.
Contents
- Preface
- Foreword Christopher Hogwood
- A-Z general entries
- Appendix 1. Worklist
- Appendix 2. Chronology
- Appendix 3. Handel's family tree
- Appendix 4. Handel iconography
- Appendix 5. Genealogical table of the ruling houses of Britain and Hanover
- Appendix 6. Handel's music on CD and DVD
- Appendix 7. An overview of fifty Handel performers, 1959-2009
- Appendix 8. Handel organizations and websites
- Select bibliography.
Awards and reviews
This is an outstanding book, in scope, in scholarship and in presentation. Its 88 contributors read like a roll-call of the great and good in the field of Handel studies. Not simply an essential resource for Handelians, but alluringly readable for the most innocent newcomer to the composer's world
The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia ... marks the reassessment of the last four decades and is hugely informative about how Handel played the London market, borrowed on the musical exchange, gave munificently and composed
