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Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-45613-5 - The Cambridge Companion to Handel Edited by Donald Burrows Index More information Index Abraham, Gerald, 126–7, 308, 310 Armenia, 260 Abell, John, 87 Arne, Susanna, see Cibber, Susanna Abingdon (Oxfordshire), 255 Arne, Thomas Augustine, 69, 73, 75, 91, 153, Dall’Abaco, Giuseppe, 80 296 Academy of Vocal [Ancient] Music, 70–1, 152 Arsinoe, see Clayton Accademia della Crusca, 27 Atterbury Plot, 97, 175 Accademia Filarmonica (Bologna, Verona), 32 Augsburg, 39, 320 Accademia della Morte (Ferrara), 32 August, Duke of Saxony, 12–13, 15–16 Accademia dello Spirito Santo (Ferrara), 32 Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Ackermann, Rudolph, 268 Wales, 178 Act of Settlement, 46 Austria, Emperor of, see Leopold I Adlington Hall, Cheshire, 217 Austrian Succession, War of the, 179–80 Addison, John, 52, 85, 90 Avelloni, Casimiro Aix-la-Chapelle, 178 Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty/Peace of, 180 Babell, William, 69 d’Alay, Mauro, 80 Bach, J. S., 172, 195, 208, 218 Alberti, Johann Friedrich, 21, 210 Baker, Janet, 327 Albinoni, Tomaso, 38–9, 197–8 Banister, John, 68, 193 Aldrovandini, Giuseppe, 38 Barberini, Signora [Campanini, Barbarina], 85 Alexander the Great, 155–6 Barbier, Jane, 76 Alexander VIII, Pope (Ottoboni), 28 Baretti, Julia, 88 Amadei, Filippo, 80, 242 Barn-Elms [Barnes], Surrey, 66 Amiconi, Jacopo, 86 Barsanti, Francesco, 80–1 Amsterdam, 24, 39, 214, 217 Bartolotti, Girolamo, 80 Ancona, 26 Basel, 40 Andrews, Mr, 66 Baselt, Bernd, 22, 316 Angelini, Antonio Giuseppe, 41, 310 Bath, 84 Anne, Queen of Gt Britain, 46–7, 61, 65, 168–71 Bayreuth, 61 Anne,Princess Royal (daughter of King George Beard, John, 75, 104, 265, 273, 275 II),66–7,152,154,170,177,220,264,321 Bedford, Duke of, 79 Annibale in Capua (pasticcio opera), 86 Beeks, Graydon, 323 Anton Ulrich, Duke of Sachsen-Meiningen, 322 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1, 317 Antoniotto, Giovanni, 80 Beggar’s Opera, The (Gay/Pepusch), 53, 57, 76, Apollo Society, 71 91 Applebee’s Original Weekly-Journal,72 Bellerofonte, see Terredellas Arbuthnot, John, 66, 100–1, 291, 311 Bennett, John, 74 Arcadian Academy (Rome), 27 Berlin, 12, 21, 23 Ariosti, Attilio, 21, 80–1, 89, 302 Bernardi, Francesco, see Senesino Arrigoni, Carlo, 80, 325 Bernhard, Christian, 17–18 338 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-45613-5 - The Cambridge Companion to Handel Edited by Donald Burrows Index More information 339 Index Bertolli, Francesca, 266 Camilla, see Bononcini Besozzi, Antonio, 80 Cannons (House and musical establishment), Besozzi, Carlo, 80 3, 68, 150–1, 171, 216, 222, 240, 243, Best, Terence, 326–7 263–4, 315, 323; see also Edgware Bibiena, Ferdinando, 36 Canterbury, 71 Biffi, Antonio, 33 canticle, 172, 314 Birmingham University, 255, 259 Capece, Carlo Sigismondo, 148 Bizet, Georges, Carmen, 257 Caporale, Andrea, 80 Blackley, James, 314 Carbonelli, Giovanni Stefano, 80–1 Blackmore, Richard, 96 Cardiff, 258 Blow, John, 64, 168, 174 Carestini, Giovanni, 83 Bolingbroke, (Henry St John) Lord, 94, 98–9 Carey, Henry, 74 Bologna, 24, 26–8, 31–7, 39, 44, 194 Carl Philipp, Prince of Neuberg, 42, 227 Bononcini, Giovanni, 21, 38, 46, 60, 67, 70, Carmarthen, (Peregrine) Marquess of, 97 80–1, 83, 89, 90–1, 300 Carmelite order, 43, 166 Camilla, 69, 83, 90–1 Carmen, see Bizet Bordoni, Faustina, see Faustina Carnarvon, Earl of, see Brydges, James Borosini, Francesco, 231–2, 306, 322 Caroline, Princess of Wales/Queen, 82, 93, 98, Boschi, Giuseppe Maria, 34, 83 153, 156, 170, 177–9, 227 Boschi, Francesca [Vannini], 34 Caroline, Princess (daughter of King George Boston (USA), 27, 217, 259 II), 66–7, 170, 220 Bowman, James, 327 Carrara, 29 Boyce, William, 69, 73–75 Carteret, (John) Lord, 98 Boyle, Richard, see Earl of Burlington Casarini, Domenico, 84 Boyle, Roger, 100 Castle Society, 71 Boyle, Robert, 101 Castris, Checcino de, 28 Brade, William, 15 Castrucci, Pietro, 80–1, 242–3 Brainard, Paul, 140 Castrucci, Prospero, 80–1, 242–3 Brandenburg, see Friedrich Wilhelm Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty of, 27 Brenner Pass, 40 Catinat, Marshall, 30 Brereton, Thomas, 100, 151 Cavalieri, Emilio de’,146 Brind, Richard, 67 Centlivre, Susanna, 59 Bristol, 71 Cerveteri, 41 Britten, Benjamin, 317 Cervetto, Giacomo, 80–1 Britton, Thomas, 68 Cesarini, Carlo, 42 Broadwood, John, and Sons, 223 Chamberlain, Lord (office), 50, 61 Brockes, (Barthold) Heinrich, 14, 22, 147 Chambonnières, Jacques Champion, Sieur de, Broschi, Carlo, see Farinelli 209 Broughton, Thomas, 92–5, 101, 103, 107, 159 Champness, Samuel, 76 Brown, Abraham, 75 Chandos, Duke of, see Brydges, James Brydges, James (Earl of Carnarvon/Duke of Chapel Royal (choir), 64, 66, 70–1, 75–6, 152, Chandos) 66–67, 71, 79, 107, 150, 167–71, 173–5, 177–81, 264, 273, 275, 171–2, 195, 202, 222, 240, 263 328–9; see also London; St James’s Palace Buchanan, George, 101 Charles I, King of England, 97 Burlington, (Richard Boyle) Earl of, 66, 107 Charles II, King of England, 55, 78–9 Burlington House, 3, 65, 67–8 Charles II, King of Spain, 29 Burnet, Gilbert, 24, 28 Chaucer, Geoffrey, 99 Burney, Charles, 6, 40, 66–7, 73, 114, 182, 193, Chelleri, Fortunato, 80 203, 244, 264, 276, 324, 328 Chelsea, 83 Butler, Samuel, 180 Chetwood, William R., 327 chorale melodies, Handel’s use of, 165, 175, Caldara, Antonio, 168, 324 181, 208 Calzabigi, Raniero, 7 Chilcot, Thomas, 74 Camargo, Marie, 85 Christina, Queen of Sweden, 27 Cambridge Chrysander, Friedrich, 11, 230–1, 234, 309, 312, University, 65, 67, 72, 93 315, 322 King’s College, 65, 106 Ciampi, Vincenzo, 81 Fitzwilliam Museum, 127 Cibber, Colley, 59, 89–90 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-45613-5 - The Cambridge Companion to Handel Edited by Donald Burrows Index More information 340 Index Cibber [Arne], Susanna Maria, 75, 153, 265 Delany, Patrick, 75, 159 Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 13 Delany, Mrs, see Granville, Mary Civitavecchia, 41 De Fesch, Willem, 75 Clari, Carlo Maria, 39 Dennis, John, 52, 89 Clarke, Jeremiah, 64 Desnoyer[s], Monsieur, 85, 99 Clayton, Thomas, 69, 299 Dettingen, Battle of, 179 Arsinoe, 82, 90 Devoto, John, 86 Clegg, John, 300 Dieupart, Charles, 69, 84, 87, 242 Clement XI, Pope, 30 Donizetti, Gaetano, 258 Clerici, Roberto, 85 Dotti, Anna, 87 Clerk, Sir John, 241, 324 Downes, John, 89 Clerkenwell, 69 Dramatick Sessions, The,98 Clive, Catherine [Kitty], 59, 76 Dresden, 18 Cliveden House, 99 Dressler, Gallus, 17 Cluer, John, 72, 218 Dreyhaupt, Johann Christoph von, 13, 16 Cocci, Gioacchino, 81 Dryden, John, 60, 97, 101–3, 106–7, 155, 157, Colley, Linda, 51 159 Colonna, Cardinal Carlo, 41, 164–6 Dublin, 69–71, 75, 88, 108, 157–9, 175, 180, Colonna, Giovanni Paolo, 39 244, 265, 275, 278–9, 322, 325 Colonna, Prince Marcantonio, 32 Dubourg, Matthew, 75, 87, 244 Como, 24 Dunhill, Rosemary, 304 Concert of Antient Music, 54 Durastanti, Margherita, 87, 114–7, 166, 262 Congreve, William, 64, 101, 151, 159 Conti, Gioacchino, 300 Ebner, Wolfgang, 21, 210 Coram, Thomas, 180; see also Thomas Coram Eccles, John, 64, 67 Foundation Edgware (Middlesex), 150, 171 Corbett, William, 69, 84, 88 Edinburgh, 108 Cornbury Plot, 97 Edwards, Miss (?Mary), 76 Corelli, Archangelo, 25, 32–3, 39–40, 43, 77–8, Egmont, Earl of, see Perceval 81, 183–5, 194, 197, 199–201, 205–6, Elford, Richard, 76, 170 242, 244–5 Elgar, Edward, 317 Concerti Grossi Op. 6 40, 197, 201, 205–6 English National Opera, 257–9 Cori, Angelo, 82 L’Epine, Francesca Margherita de, 69, 82–4, 89 coronation of King George II and Queen Erba, Dionigi, 39 Caroline (1727), 67, 179 Erfurt, 296 Cosimi, Nicola, 79–80 Estcourt, Richard, 90 Costantini [Rinaldi], Signora, 85 Eugene, Prince of Savoy, 29 Couperin, Louis, 209 Excise Bill, 99 Cowley, Abraham, 96, 101 Coxe, William [Anecdotes], 21 Faber, Heinrich, 17 Craftsman, The,98 Fabbri, Mario, 42 Cremona, 24, 30 Falck, Georg 15, 18 Creswell [Cresswell], John, 266 Faramondo, Il (pasticcio), 44 Cristofori, Bartolomeo, 28 Farinel, Jean-Baptiste, 200 Croft, William, 64–5, 67, 70, 169–70, 172, 174 Farinelli [Carlo Broschi], 83–4 Croza, Giovanni Francesco, 87 Farnese, Francesco Maria, Duke of, 36 Culloden, Battle of, 46 Fausan [Fossan, Fossano], see Rinaldi Curioni, Rosa, 300 Faustina (Bordoni [Hasse]), 46, 51–2, 59–60, Cumberland, (William) Duke of, 92, 98–9, 160 80, 83, 88, 116–7, 251 Cuzzoni, Francesca, 46, 51–2, 59, 80, 83, 115–7, Feind, Barthold, 22 227, 302 Fedeli, see Saggione Cyr, St, 150 Felsenstein, Walter, 256 Felton, William, 74 Daily Courant, The, 60, 216 Fenton House, Hampstead, 223 Daun, Count von, 30 Ferrara, 26, 29, 32 Davenant, William, 56, 327 Ferrandini, Giovanni, Il Pianto di Maria Davis, Mrs, 300 (‘HWV 234’), 42 Dean, Winton, 106, 163, 188 Festing, Michael Christian, 71, 74 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-45613-5 - The Cambridge Companion to Handel Edited by Donald Burrows Index More information 341 Index Fielding, Henry, 59, 98, 105 Gibson, Edmund (Bishop of London), 152, 264, Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand, 212 273 Fitzgerald, Edward, 2 Gigli, Girolamo, 27 Flaminius, M. A., 95 Gildon, Charles, 90 Fletcher, Mr, 84 Gismondi, Celeste, 84 Florence, 2, 24, 26–8, 35–6, 38, 41–3, 239 Giuvo, Nicola, 36 Fornari, Matteo, 242 Glarean, Heinrich, 17 Fougeroux, Pierre-Jacques, 241, 246–7, 324 Gli amori d’Ergasto, see Greber Foundling Hospital, 69, 75, 158, 180–1, 241, Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Alceste,7,305 243–4, 265, 269, 271–4, 276–7, 279–80, ‘Goldschmidt’ Messiah manuscript, 274 329 Gonzaga, Ferdinando Carlo, 29–30 Florence, 2, 24, 26–8, 35–6, 38, 41–3 Gopsall, 97 France,
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