The Cambridge Handel encyclopedia
By: [edited by] Annette Landgraf, David Vickers.
Contributors: Landgraf, Annette.; Vickers, David, 1961-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521881920
Subjects: Handel, George Frideric, -- 1685-1759 -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias
Description: "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 is the first resource to gather the full range of present knowledge and leading new scholarship into a single volume for convenient and illuminating reference. Packed with 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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 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.