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9780198161844
Looking in depth at Handel's oratorios and masques in dramatic form--among them some of the highest achievements of musical drama ever written--Dean here discusses general questions of history, style, and performance, and explains how the oratorios have been progressively misrepresented since Handel's day; subsequent chapters detail each of his eighteen works in this genre.Dean, Winton is the author of 'Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques', published 1990 under ISBN 9780198161844 and ISBN 0198161840.
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