Book contents
- Handel on the Stage
- Handel on the Stage
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Book part
- Glossary
- 1 Handel and opera: a biographical survey of the circumstances
- 2 The libretto (1): argument –dramatis personae
- 3 The libretto (2): words for music
- 4 The music (1): mastering the medium
- 5 The music (2): its role in the drama
- 6 Aspects of the performance of Handelian opera in his time and ours
- Book part
- Select bibliography
- Index
4 - The music (1): mastering the medium
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2016
- Handel on the Stage
- Handel on the Stage
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Book part
- Glossary
- 1 Handel and opera: a biographical survey of the circumstances
- 2 The libretto (1): argument –dramatis personae
- 3 The libretto (2): words for music
- 4 The music (1): mastering the medium
- 5 The music (2): its role in the drama
- 6 Aspects of the performance of Handelian opera in his time and ours
- Book part
- Select bibliography
- Index
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- Handel on the Stage , pp. 92 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016