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"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 traces the progress of musical ideas from sketches and/or borrowings through drafts to the first performance version. By studying recurring types of…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2001Oxford University Press, USA · 312 pages · 9780198163961
Vocal musicOratoriosComposition (Music)Dramatic musicAnalysis, appreciationHistory and criticismOratorioHandel, george frideric, 1685-1759