
Illustrating Handel's oratorios and masques in dramatic form--among them some of the highest achievements of musical drama ever written--Dean here begins by discussing general questions of history, style, and performace, and explains how the oratorios have been progressively...

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...
