Handel's operas, 1704-1726, Volume 1, Winton Dean, J. Merrill Knapp, Clarendon Press, 1995, 0198164416, 9780198164418, 771 pages. After two centures of near-total neglect, Handel's operas are now increasingly popular in the theatre, but modern productions are hampered by dependence on obsolete and inaccurate editions, and by ignorance of the musical and theatrical practice of Handel's age. Although Handel's autographs and performing scores have long been available, they have never before been fully studied, still less the very early manuscript copies. The manuscripts have yielded a great deal of unknown music, besides throwing fresh light on Handel's methods of composition and performance practice. This book covers Handel's first seventeen surviving operas, including his greatest and most successful. Each opera has a chapter, with a full synopsis of the libretto (including all original stage directions) and a comparison with its literary and dramatic sources. Each chapter covers the history of the opera in performance and the different versions in the manuscripts. Every known surviving manuscript has been examined. Eight appendices cover all performances in Handel's time, borrowings, modern revivals, new information on his singers, and a complete index of Italian first lines in all Handel's works. About the Authors: Wynton Dean is the author ofHandel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques. John Merrill Knapp is Emeritus Professor of Music at Princeton University.. DOWNLOAD http://bit.ly/1cXKjfn The New Grove Mozart , Stanley Sadie, 1982, Composers, 247 pages. Handel, Who Knew What He Liked , M. T. Anderson, 2013, Juvenile Nonfiction, 38 pages. In this biography, the man who would later compose some of the world's most beautiful music is shown to have once been a stubborn little boy with a mind of his own.. The Operas of Leonardo Vinci, Napoletano , Kurt Sven Markstrom, 2007, Music, 394 pages. Vinci produced a string of operas during a brief career of little more than a decade. He died mysteriously. He was hailed by connoisseurs of the later 18th century as one of .... Händel a documentary biography, Otto Erich Deutsch, 1955, Biography & Autobiography, 942 pages. Messiah! a new look at the composer, the music, and the message!, N. A. Woychuk, Jan 1, 1995, Biography & Autobiography, 235 pages. Over a hundred years ago, editor "Frederick Crowest wrote, "Handel's masterpiece has probably done more to convince mankind that there is a God above us all than all the .... Handel and the opera seria , Winton Dean, 1969, Music, 220 pages. Handel and His Singers The Creation of the Royal Academy Operas, 1720-1728, C. Steven LaRue, 1995, Biography & Autobiography, 213 pages. From the early 18th century until the present day, opera seria as practised by Handel and his contemporaries has been the subject of satire and even derision for its dramatic .... Dramma Per Musica Italian Opera Seria of the Eighteenth Century, Reinhard Strohm, 1997, Music, 326 pages. Dramma per musica -- the most usual term for Italian serious opera from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth century -- was a modern, enlightened form of theater that .... George Frideric Handel the story of his life and work, James S. Hall, 1961, , 48 pages. Handel collections and their history , Terence Best, Dec 2, 1993, Music, 252 pages. In November 1990 the Handel Institute held its first Triennial Conference, whose subject, 'Handel Collections and their History', reflects the great importance for Handel .... The Cambridge Handel encyclopedia , Annette Landgraf, David Vickers, Nov 26, 2009, Music, 836 pages. From Arias to Zadok the Priest - 700 entries written by international experts explore all aspects of Handel's life and work.. The Winner-take-all Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us The Child Won't Live Handel's operas, 1704-1726, Volume 1 The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 2012 Human Rights Law Concentrate: Law Revision and Study Guide Our grandmothers: loving portraits by 74 granddaughters A Description of the Book from Heaven Essentials of Mathematical Methods for Physicists.