Handel as orpheus: voice and desire in the chamber cantatas
Auteur :
Harris, Ellen T.
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674015982
Date de publication :
30 sept. 2004
Dimensions :
24,6 x 16,2 x 2,9 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Handel wrote over 100 cantatas, compositions for voice and instruments decsribing the joy and pain of love. In the first comprehensive study of the cantatas, Harris investigates their place in Handel's life as well as their extraordinary beauty.