Handel's muse : patterns of creation in his oratorios and musical dramas, 1743-1751
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Handel's muse : patterns of creation in his oratorios and musical dramas, 1743-1751
（Oxford monographs on music）
Oxford University Press, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Handel's frequent and extensive alterations to his scores yield much valuable information on musical and extra-musical matters. This book represents the most thorough study to date of Handel's compositional procedures in his English oratorios and musical dramas. David Hurley examines six major works composed between 1743 and 1751 (Semele, Hercules, Belshazzar, Solomon, Susanna, and Jephtha), explores changes in the autograph scores, and, where
possible, traces the progress of musical ideas from sketches and/or borrowings through drafts to the first performance version. By studying recurring types of revisions, Hurley identifies Handel's regular musical concerns while also addressing changes arising from specific dramatic situations. The later chapters of the
book offer fresh insight into the relationship between music and text, evaluating for the first time the role of word painting in Handel's compositional process and furthering our knowledge about Handel's interactions with librettists and singers during the oratorio years.
目次
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Writing the Score
- The Process of Creation: Forethought and Spontaneity
- The Quest for Melodic Diversity
- Handel as Harmonic Blacksmith: Changes in Tonal Structure
- Texture as Form
- The Rough Places Made Plain: Closure vs. Continuity
- Texts, Musical Form, and Dramatic Impact
- Musical Imagery as Drama
- Singers and the Creative Process
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index of Handel's Compositions
- General Index
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