Chrissochoidis, I;
(2004)
Early reception of Handel's oratorios, 1732-1784: narrative-studies-documents.
Doctoral thesis , UNSPECIFIED.
Abstract
The transformation of Handel's oratorios from commercial entertainment to national heritage in 18th-c. Britain is an extraordinary cultural phenomenon and the earliest of its kind in music history. A genre that was single-handedly established by Handel turned in the space of half a century into a musical affirmation of the British people. Hitherto unpublished references to Handel and English oratorio give a continuous narrative on the reception of the genre in the 1732-1784 period and reveal the critical response to its cultural evolution within this period. A survey of oratorio performances in London, from the premiere of Esther to the Handel Commemoration Festival, and a number of exceptional moments in the history of the genre provide an account of factors that facilitated the cultural mutation of the oratorio. Includes a collection of contemporary sources that supplements Otto Erich Deutsch's documentary biography of the composer from 1955.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Title: | Early reception of Handel's oratorios, 1732-1784: narrative-studies-documents |
| Event: | Stanford University |
| Keywords: | Handel, English oratorio, reception history, documentary collection, 18th-century Britain, British cultural history |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/166691 |
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