Handel as Orpheus : voice and desire in the chamber cantatas
Harris, Ellen T.2001
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Handel wrote over 100 cantatas, compositions for voice and instruments that describe the joy and pain of love. In this comprehensive study of the cantatas, Ellen Harris investigates their place in Handel's life as well as their extraordinary beauty.
Main title:
Handel as Orpheus : voice and desire in the chamber cantatas / Ellen T. Harris.
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Imprint:
Cambridge, mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Collation:
xi, 430 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780674006171
Dewey class:
782.48092789.6
Language:
English
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BRN:
218754