Handel’s Israelite Oratorio Libretti: Sacred Drama and Biblical Exegesis. By Deborah W. Rooke
Handel (1685–1759) relied upon a number of librettists for his Israelite oratorios (composed for the most part during the period 1732–52). In addition to anonymous writers (responsible for Joshua, Solomon, and Susanna), Handel had five known librettists: Samuel Humphreys (Esther, Deborah, Athalia);...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 173-177 |
| Review of: | Handel's Israelite oratorio libretti (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2012) (Bell, Richard H.)
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| Summary: | Handel (1685–1759) relied upon a number of librettists for his Israelite oratorios (composed for the most part during the period 1732–52). In addition to anonymous writers (responsible for Joshua, Solomon, and Susanna), Handel had five known librettists: Samuel Humphreys (Esther, Deborah, Athalia); Charles Jennens (Saul, Belshazzar); Newburgh Hamilton (Samson); James Miller (Joseph and his Brethren); and Thomas Morell (Judas Macchabaeus, Alexander Balus, Jephtha). They provided Handel with a biblically based plot in English which the composer set to music in the style of Italian ‘serious opera’. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flt187 |