Burrows Donald (ed.) The Cambridge companion to Handel

Cambridge University Press, 1997. - 317p.List of plates
Notes on contributorsChronology
Introduction (Donald Burrows)
Background
Germany – education and apprenticeship (John Butt)
Italy – political andmusical contexts (Carlo Vitali)
Handel's London – political, social and intellectual contexts (William Weber)
Handel's London – the theatres (Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume)
Handel's London – British musicians and London concert life (H. Diack Johnstone)
Handel's London – Italian musicians and librettists (Lowell Lindgren)
Handel's English librettists (Ruth Smith)
The music
Handel and the aria (C. Steven LaRue)
Handel's compositional process (David Ross Hurley)
Handel and the idea of an oratorio (Anthony Hicks)
Handel's sacred music (Graydon Beeks)
Handel's chamber music (Malcolm Boyd)
Handel as a concerto composer (Donald Burrows)
Handel and the keyboard (Terence Best)
The music in performance
Handel and the Italian language (Terence Best)
Handel and the orchestra (Mark W. Stahura)
Production style in Handel's operas (Winton Dean)
Handel's oratorio performances (Donald Burrows)
Bibliographical note
Notes
List of Handel's works