Handel as Orpheus

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Handel as Orpheus
Author : Ellen T. Harris
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 30 September 2004
ISBN : 0674015983
Pages : 452 pages
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Handel wrote over 100 cantatas, compositions for voice and instruments decsribing the joy and pain of love. In the first comprehensive study of the cantatas, Harris investigates their place in Handel's life as well as their extraordinary beauty.

Handel as Orpheus

Handel wrote over 100 cantatas, compositions for voice and instruments decsribing the joy and pain of love. In the first comprehensive study of the cantatas, Harris investigates their place in Handel's life as well as their extraordinary beauty.

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