Title:
Handel : Water music and Music for the royal fireworks / Christopher Hogwood.
Author:
Hogwood, Christopher.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Call Number:
MT92.H15 H64 2005
Abstract:
Christopher Hogwood here provides a study of Handel's best-known public music: the Water Music, written at the outset of his English career, and the Music for the Royal Fireworks, the last and largest of his orchestral creations.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0642/2006274337-t.htmlContributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2006274337-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0642/2006274337-d.html
ISBN:
9780521836364
9780521544863
Series:
Cambridge music handbooks
Cambridge music handbooks.
Physical Description:
xii, 155 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, music ; 22 cm.
Contents:
The character of the man -- Politics and power -- Water music -- The 'indebtedness' of Handel -- The concerti a due cori -- Politics and peace -- Music for the royal fireworks -- Handel in other hands -- performance parameters.
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