Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques

Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques
Author: Winton Dean
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 734
Release: 1990
Genre: Music
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Looking in depth at Handel's oratorios and masques in dramatic form--among them some of the highest achievements of musical drama ever written--Dean here discusses general questions of history, style, and performance, and explains how the oratorios have been progressively misrepresented since Handel's day; subsequent chapters detail each of his eighteen works in this genre.