G.F. Handel
Subtitle: a guide to research
By: Mary Ann Parker.
Contributors: Eden, Bradford Lee.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Routledge music bibliographies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 -- Bibliography
Genres: Bibliography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ), discographies, and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Background. General history ; Music of the period ; Aesthetics, art, literature, and sociology ; Music and cultural life in England ; Music and cultural life in Germany ; Music and cultural life in Italy; title: Handel's life and his works in general. Eighteenth-century Handel biographies ; Biographies, comprehensive studies, and collections of essays ; Studies of particular biographical issues; title: Sources and compositional methods. Catalogues and collections ; General studies on sources ; Special studies of the sources ; Compositional method and borrowings ; Facsimile editions; title: Studies of Handel's music. Works-lists, collected editions, and catalogues ; General studies of the music ; Operas ; Oratorios ; Odes and serenatas ; English pastorals, masques, music dramas, and theater music ; Vocal chamber music ; Church music ; Instrumental music and accompanying ensembles; title: Performance practices and the Handel tradition. Performance practices ; The Handel tradition: reputation and practice; title: Appendixes. Bibliographies and discographies ; Handel societies ; Handel archive ; Newsletters and journals; title: Indexes. Index of Handel's works ; Index of names ; Index of authors.