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

by Deborah W. Rooke

Handel's Israelite oratorios are today little known among non-specialists, but in their own day they were unique, pioneering and extremely popular. Dating from the period 1732-1752, they combine the musical conventions of Italian opera with dramatic plots in English that are adaptations of Old Testament narratives. They constitute a form of biblical interpretation, but to date, there has been no thoroughgoing study of the theological ideas or the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199279284
• ISBN13: 9780199279289
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"