9780198163152 - Handel and His Singers: The Creation of the Royal Academy Operas, 1720-1728 (Oxford Monographs on Music) von Larue, C. Steven (5 Ergebnisse)

Size: 8vo. xiv, 213pp. Publisher's hardback with printed dust-jacket. Tables and music examples.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0198163150.

1st edition, reprint. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: The Oxford Monographs on Music. Physical description: xiii, 213 pages : tables, music ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210) and index. Contents: Cast, Librettist, Composer -- A General Description of the Sources -- Francesco Borosini and the Two First Versions of Tamerlano (1724) -- Margherita Durastanti as Leading Man and Leading Woman -- Senesino and the Heroic-Anti-Heroic Male Role -- The Singer as Specific Character Type -- Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni: The Rival Queens -- Synopsis of Piovene's Tamerlano (1710) -- Comparison of Piovene, Tamerlano (1710) with Haym, Tamerlano (23 July 1724) -- Projected and Actual Casts for the First Season of the Royal Academy of Music, 1720-1721. Subjects: Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759; Operas; Bordoni, Faustina 1693-1783; Borosini, Francesco 1690-?; Cuzzoni, Francesca 1696-1770; Royal Academy of Music (London, England : 1719-1728); Singers England London 18th century; Opera 18th century; Musical composition. 3 Kg.

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Zustand: New. In this book, Steven LaRue examines the influence of the great operatic singers on Handel's creative process. He demonstrates not only the singers' important role in Handel's operas, but also the effect that opera singers had on the creation of opera throughout the 18th century. Series: Oxford Monographs on Music. Num Pages: 228 pages, music examples, tables and drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550. . 1995. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.