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1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Musical Examples -- List of Facsimiles -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: The Libretto -- 1.1: Chronology -- 1.1.1: Charles Jennens: Librettist -- 1.1.2: Initial Collaboration and the Dublin Premiere, 1741-2 -- 1.1.3: London, 1743 -- 1.1.4: The Libretto: Handel's Attitude -- 1.1.5: Post-1743 -- 1.2: Compilation: Choice and Method -- 1.2.1: Religious Currents -- 1.2.2: Musical Precursors -- 1.2.3: Structural Influences -- 1.2.4: Treatment of Text |
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Chapter 2: Sketches -- 2.1: Dating Sketches -- 2.2: Binding and Contents of MSS Cfm 260 and 263 -- 2.3: Sketch Categories -- 2.3.1: Cfm 260, pp. 56-58 -- 2.3.2: Cfm 263, p. 58 -- 2.3.3: Cfm 260, p. 43 -- Chapter 3: Pre-Existent Material -- 3.1: "Why" Theories -- 3.2: "How" Theories -- 3.3: Borrowings in Messiah -- 3.4: Other Borrowings in Messiah -- 3.5: Text Setting -- Chapter 4: The Autograph: Method and Construction -- 4.1: The Messiah Autograph -- 4.1.1: Genesis of the Autograph Score -- 4.1.1.1: Gathering structure -- 4.1.1.2: Stave use -- 4.1.1.3: Clefs, key signatures, and instrumentation |
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4.1.1.4: Text setting -- 4.1.1.5: Da capo movements -- 4.1.1.6: Barlines and vertical alignment -- 4.2: Structural Decisions -- Chapter 5: Autograph Alterations -- 5.1: Category 1 -- 5.2: Category 2 -- 5.3: Category 3 -- 5.4: Category 4 -- Chapter 6: Later Revisions -- 6.1: But Who May Abide -- 6.2: Thou Art Gone up on High -- 6.3: Rejoice -- 6.4: Then Shall the Eyes/He Shall Feed -- 6.5: How Beautiful -- 6.6: Their Sound is Gone Out -- 6.7: Thou Shalt Break Them -- 6.8: Pifa -- 6.9: Why Do the Nations -- 6.10: O Death, Where is Thy Sting? -- 6.11: Thy Rebuke/Behold and See |
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6.12: If God Be for Us -- 6.13: But [Sic.] Lo, the Angel -- General Conclusion -- The Libretto -- Pre-Autograph Material: Sketches -- Pre-Autograph Material: Pre-Existent Material -- The Autograph: Method and Construction -- Autograph Alterations -- Later Revisions -- Appendix A: Libretto sources -- Appendix A: Sketches pertaining to Messiah -- Appendix C/1: For unto us/Nò, di voi non vo' fidarmi -- Appendix C/2: All we, like sheep/Sò per prova -- Appendix C/3: His yoke is easy/Quel fior che all'alba ride -- Appendix C/4: And He shall purify/L'occaso ha nell'aurora -- Appendix D: Rejoice |
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Appendix E: Alternative movement settings -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This book seeks to redress this imbalance by providing a thorough investigation of the work's creative process. Beginning with the creation of the libretto, it examines the earliest sketches, Handel's use of pre-existent material, alterations made to the autograph score, and the latest versions of movements |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Messiah.
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Oratorios -- England
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781040052037 |
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1040052037 |
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9781003493990 |
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1003493998 |
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9781040052051 |
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1040052053 |
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