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A Poetics of Handel's Operas explores the concurrence between the narratives of Handelian operas and how these stories are represented through actions, words, and music. Nathan Link offers a new approach for interpreting and constructing the stories of Handel's operas while highlighting the representational fabric by which they are conveyed to the viewer.
Table des matières
- List of Figures
- List of Musical Examples
- Editorial Principles
- About the Website
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Song
- Chapter 2. Time
- Chapter 3. Orchestra
- Chapter 4. Character
- Chapter 5. Storytellers
- Glossary
- Works Cited
- Index
A propos de l'auteur
Nathan Link is H.W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Music at Centre College and Vice-President of the American Handel Society. Since earning his doctorate in music history at Yale University, he has coedited the two-volume collection Word, Image, and Song, and published work in several journals, including the Journal of the American Musicological Association and The Opera Quarterly.
Résumé
A Poetics of Handel's Operas explores the concurrence between the narratives of Handelian operas and how these stories are represented through actions, words, and music. Nathan Link offers a new approach for interpreting and constructing the stories of Handel's operas while highlighting the representational fabric by which they are conveyed to the viewer.
Texte suppl.
The Poetics of Handel's Operas offers a wholly new analytic system based on narrative storytelling that will surely have a strong impact on Handel scholarship - and also has the potential to mark a turning point in the study and performance of opera seria. A seminal work.
