Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti - Sacred Drama and Biblical Exegesis

Zusatztext [Rooke] has amply demonstrated how biblical texts were interpreted by Handels librettists and in addition provides valuable insight into the world of early eighteenth-century biblical interpretation. Klappentext Combining the insights of present-day biblical studies with those of Handelian studies, this book examines the libretti of ten of Handel's Israelite oratorios and evaluates the relationship between each libretto and the biblical story on which it is based. Zusammenfassung Combining the insights of present-day biblical studies with those of Handelian studies, this book examines the libretti of ten of Handel's Israelite oratorios and evaluates the relationship between each libretto and the biblical story on which it is based. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introit 1: To Laugh or not to Laugh: the Question of Esther 2: A Gender Agenda: Deborah in Holy Writ and Handel 3: Jezebel, Joash and Jesus Christ: Aspects of Athalia 4: Saul: Tragedy, Treachery, and Theology 5: From Wild Man to War Hero: The Story of Samson 6: Joseph: saint or sinner? Italian Opera, Handelian Oratorio, and Eighteenth-century Commentaries 7: Judas Macchabaeus: Justifying the 1745 Anti-Jacobite Campaign 8: Solomon and his Women: A Handelian Triptych 9: Susanna: A Marriage Made in Heaven 10: Sex and Death, or the Death of Sex: The Fate of Jephthah's Daughter Postlude Bibliography

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• Authors: Deborah W Rooke, Deborah W. Rooke, Deborah W. (Research Fellow in Bible and Music Rooke, Rooke Deborah W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2012
• EAN: 9780199279289
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927928-9
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / Christianity / General, MUSIC / Religious / Christian, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Opera, Christianity, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Sacred and religious music, Sacred & Religious Music