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Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti: Sacred Drama and Biblical Exegesis Rooke, Deborah W. (Research Fellow in Bible and Music, Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford)
Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti: Sacred Drama and Biblical Exegesis
Rooke, Deborah W. (Research Fellow in Bible and Music, Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford)
Combining the insights of present-day biblical studies with those of Handelian studies, this book examines the libretti of ten of Handel's Israelite oratorios and evaluates the relationship between each libretto and the biblical story on which it is based.
288 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 23, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199279289 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 240 × 21 mm · 594 g |
| Language | English |