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A History of the Oratorio, Vol. 3 : the Oratorio in the Classical Era

Author
Smither, Howard E.
Published
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
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1 online resource (740 pages)
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English.
Contents
Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; PART I. The Italian Oratorio; Chapter I. Social Contexts of the Italian Oratorio; Introduction: Terminology and Genre Definition; Italian and Latin Oratorio in Italy; Italian Oratorio Abroad; Chapter II. The Libretto and Music of the Italian Oratorio; The Libretto; The Music: General Characteristics; Chapter III. Selected Italian Oratorios; Leonardo Leo: La morte d'Abel; Johann Adolf Hasse: La conversione di Sant' Agostino; Nicolò Jommelli: La passione di Gesù Cristo; Ferdinande Bertoni: David poenitens; Joseph Haydn: II ritorno di Tobia., Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi: Debora e SisaraPART II. The English Oratorio after Handel; Chapter IV. Social Contexts of the English Oratorio; Introduction: Terminology and Genre Definition; England; The New World; Chapter V. The English Oratorio: Libretto, Music, Selected Oratorios; The Libretto; The Music: General Characteristics; The Music: Selected Oratorios; PART III. The German Oratorio; Chapter VI. Social Contexts of the German Oratorio; Introduction: Terminology and Genre Definition; Sponsors and Social Contexts; Chapter VII. The Libretto and Music of the German Oratorio; The Libretto., The Music: General CharacteristicsChapter VIII. Selected German Oratorios; Georg Philipp Telemann: Der Tag des Gerichts; Carl Heinrich Graun: Der Tod Jesu; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu; Johann Heinrich Rolle: Lazarus, oder die Feyer der Auferstehung; Joseph Haydn: The Creation and The Seasons; Ludwig van Beethoven: Christus am Oelberge; PART IV. The Oratorio in French and Other Languages; Chapter IX. The French Oratorio; Introduction: Terminology and Genre Definition; Social Context; The Libretto; The Music: General Characteristics., and The Music: Selected OratoriosChapter X. The Oratorio in Other Languages; The Spanish Oratorio; The Portuguese Oratorio; The Oratorio in Denmark and Sweden; The Russian Oratorio; Summary and Prospect; Appendix A: Some Title Pages of Italian and Latin Printed Librettos Mentioned in the Text; Appendix B: Checklist of Composers of Italian and Latin Oratorios, ca. 1720-1820; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary
The Oratorio in the classical Era is the third volume of Howard Smither's monumental History of the Oratorio, continuing his synthesis and critical appraisal of the oratorio. His comprehensive study surpasses in scope and treatment all previous works on the subject. A fourth and final volume, on the oratorio in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, is forthcoming. In this volume Smither discusses the Italian oratorio from the 1720s to the early nineteenth century and oratorios from other parts of Europe from the 1750s to the nineteenth century. Drawing on works that represent various types.
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ISBN
9780807836613 (electronic bk.)
0807836613 (electronic bk.)
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