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A carregar... Handel as Orpheus: Voice and Desire in the Chamber Cantataspor Ellen T. Harris
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This extensive musical tome offers an impressive analysis of George Frideric Handel's cantatas. I have always been enthralled with Handel's music, but I had never heard of his cantatas or the facets of his sexuality that are the subject of this work before. ( ) So many of the books which purport to find 'gay' undercurrents in the past use so self-evidently dubious historiography that it is tempting to disregard all studies of this kind. I think that Ellen Harris' book is a wonderful and judicious exception, scrupulously attentive to the evidence; never once placing greater weight upon the evidence than it will really bear; and opening up just enough scope for us to be able to encounter the young Handel plausibly as a human being, but without prurience or evasiveness one way or the other; and rejoicing - as we all should - in the music. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Handel wrote over 100 cantatas, compositions for voice and instruments that describe the joy and pain of love. In Handel as Orpheus, the first comprehensive study of the cantatas, Ellen Harris investigates their place in Handel's life as well as their extraordinary beauty. The cantatas were written between 1706 and 1723--from the time Handel left his home in Germany, through the years he spent in Florence and Rome, and into the early part of his London career. In this period he lived as a guest in aristocratic homes, and composed these chamber works for his patrons and hosts, primarily for private entertainments. In both Italy and England his patrons moved in circles in which same-sex desire was commonplace--a fact that is not without significance, Harris reveals, for the cantatas exhibit a clear homosexual subtext. Addressing questions about style and form, dating, the relation of music to text, rhythmic and tonal devices, and voicing, Handel as Orpheus is an invaluable resource for the study and enjoyment of the cantatas, which have too long been neglected. This innovative study brings greater understanding of Handel, especially his development as a composer, and new insight into the role of sexuality in artistic expression. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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