Handel and the pastoral tradition / Ellen T. Harris.
| Author/creator | Harris, Ellen T. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1980. |
| Description | 292 pages : music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | An introduction to the pastoral -- The pastoral in Italy. The birth of the dramatic pastoral ; Operatic change and continuity ; The new operatic pastoral in Italy ; The involvement of the cantata with the pastoral -- The pastoral in Germany. The origin and continued popularity of the pastoral in Germany ; The beginnings of opera in Germany ; The later seventeenth-century repertoire -- The pastoral in England. Introduction ; Origins of the English literary pastoral ; The Italian influence ; Pre-commonwealth pastoral drama ; Operatic developments of the commonwealth and restoration -- Handel's pastorals in the German, Italian, and English styles. Handel's German Pastorals ; Handel and the Italian pastoral tradition ; Handel's Italian pastoral opera ; The operatic pastoral in England at the beginning of the eighteenth century ; The pastoral masque in England at the beginning of the eighteenth century ; The English apprenticeship -- Handel's stylistic maturity: the place of the pastoral in Handel's later operatic compositions. Back to German traditions: a synthesis ; The pastoral reawakening ; The bridge between 'opera seria' and oratorio -- Conclusions. Handel's operas from 1737 to 1741 ; Sacred and secular texts ; Language and staging ; Choruses ; Handel's career: a summary. |
| General note | Based on the author's thesis, Chicago. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 273-284. |
| LCCN | 79041703 |
| ISBN | 0193152363 : |