G. F. Handel: A Guide to Research

433 Pages·2005·6.79 MB·English

by  Mary Ann Parker

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C M Y CM MY CY CMY K
G. F. H
ANDEL
A G R
UIDE TO ESEARCH
SECOND EDITION
MARY ANN PARKER
ROUTLEDGE MUSIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES
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Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations xi
I Background (A001–A194) 1
1. General History 1
2. Music of the Period 4
3. Aesthetics, Art, Literature, and Sociology 8
4. Music and Cultural Life in England 15
5. Music and Cultural Life in Germany 29
6. Music and Cultural Life in Italy 33
II Handel’s Life and His Works in General (B001–B261) 37
1. Eighteenth-Century Handel Biographies 37
2. Biographies, Comprehensive Studies, and
Collections of Essays 43
3. Studies of Particular Biographical Issues 52
III Sources and Compositional Methods (C001–C259) 85
1. Catalogues and Collections 85
2. General Studies on Sources 94
3. Special Studies of the Sources 98
4. Compositional Method and Borrowings 114
5. Facsimile Editions 136
IV Studies of Handel’s Music (D001–D793) 141
1. Works-Lists, Collected Editions, and Catalogues 141
2. General Studies of the Music 143
3. Operas 152
4. Oratorios 198
5. Odes and Serenatas 228
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6. English Pastorals, Masques, Music Dramas,
and Theater Music 233
7. Vocal Chamber Music 239
8. Church Music 249
9. Instrumental Music and Accompanying Ensembles 264
V Performance Practices and the Handel
Tradition (E001–E534) 291
1. Performance Practices 291
2. The Handel Tradition: Reputation and Practice 320
Bibliographies and Discographies 385
1. Bibliographies and Bibliographic Essays 385
2. Discographies 387
3. Handel Societies 388
4. Handel Archive 389
5. Newsletters and Journals 389
Index of Handel’s Works 391
Index of Names 397
Index of Authors 405
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Preface
When I prepared the first edition of this book, I noted that most of the Handel
literature had been produced during the three previous decades. In that first
preface, written in 1987, I suggested that the recent burst of activity had, to some
extent, been inspired by two great achievements of the 1950s — the documentary
biography of Otto Erich Deutsch, and Winton Dean’s comprehensive study of
the dramatic oratorios and masques. Little did I realize that the body of Handel
scholarship would more than double in the ensuing eighteen years or so. Again,
we can trace the increased activity to particular events. First, the celebrations in
1985 of the three-hundredth anniversary of Handel’s birth spawned a great number
of conferences and special publications. Second, the completion of the Händel-
Handbuch during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and the paper studies undertaken
in the 1980s and early 1990s, especially by Donald Burrows and Martha Ronish,
put Handel research on a firm footing.
The explosion of Handel research in recent years has resulted in a much
longer book. I have been forced to limit cross-referencing, especially with regard
to the items in chapter 5, the chapter on performance practices and reception
history. However, the reader should find the indexes to be more detailed than
those in the first edition. In particular, the numbering of items according to chapter
should prove useful; for example, readers consulting the index of Handel’s works
can identify items relating to performance practices and reception because their
numbers are all preceded by the letter “E.”
The focus is on scholarly books and articles. As a rule, I have been unable
to examine dissertations, but they are listed with the notation “not examined.”
Generally, I have not been able to include Master’s theses, reviews, program
notes, or items prepared primarily for popular consumption. In the annotations
themselves, I have tried to indicate which items are indispensable, which come
to questionable conclusions, which have been disputed, and so on.
For definitions, studies of genres, and information on composers and other
musical personalities, the reader is advised to consult The New Grove Dictionary
of Music and Musicians (2nd ed., Eds. Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell, London:
Macmillan, 2001), which is also available by subscription at Grove Music Online,
ed. L. Macy, <http://www.grovemusic.com>.
Mary Ann Parker
Toronto
August, 2004
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Acknowledgments
It is a great pleasure to acknowledge the constant support and friendly assistance
of the staff of the Edward Johnson Music Library in the Faculty of Music,
University of Toronto, and in particular Kathleen McMorrow, Suzanne Meyers
Sawa, Jennifer Panasiuk, and David James.
I am also extremely grateful to the staff of the University of Toronto Library’s
Inter-Library Loan Service, especially Jane Lynch. In addition, I owe thanks to
Luis-Manuel Garcia, without whose technical expertise, scholarly acumen,
andunfailing good humor the completion of this project would have been immea-
surably more difficult. Finally, I thank my family, friends, and colleagues in
thescholarly profession who have offered their patience and support during the
past year.
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