Handel and his Singers : The Creation of the Royal Academy Operas, 1720-1728
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Monographs on Music
ISBN-10
0198163150
ISBN-13
9780198163152
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 15th, 1995
Print length
228 Pages
Weight
550 grams
Dimensions
24.40 x 16.10 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
OperaIndividual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups
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In this book, Steven LaRue examines the influence of the great operatic singers on Handel's creative process. In Handel's day the idea of a singer creating a role was perhaps never more true, and the author demonstrates not only the singer's important role in Handel's opera composition, but also the effect that opera singers had on the creation of opera throughout the eighteenth century.
From the early 18th century until the present day, opera seria as practised by Handel and his contemporaries has been the subject of satire and even derision for its dramatic artifice and virtuosic vocal displays. Close examination of Handel''s autograph manuscripts, the librettos upon which they were based, and other contemporary documents reveal the extent to which Handel was influenced by his singers and their abilities in creating his commercially successful and dramatically effective operas. Drawing on ideas and evidence from these sources, this study demonstrates the fact that Handel''s singers were the single most important influence in his opera composition during his tenure as composer and music director of the Royal Academy of Music from 1719-28.
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