Handel and Maurice Greene’s Circle at the Apollo Academy

The Music and Intellectual Contexts of Oratorios, Odes and Masques
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-89971-512-5
Verlag: V&R unipress

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 015, 341 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 850 g

Reihe: Abhandlungen zur Musikgeschichte

The Apollo Academy, a musical club founded in 1731 by Maurice Greene and his friend Michael Christian Festing, was the performance location of various oratorios, odes and masques produced by composers in Greene’s circle of friends, colleagues and pupils. Many of the works performed both in and outside the academy meetings are based on subjects such as Jephtha, Deborah and the choice of Hercules which were well known in eighteenth-century England and also attracted the attention of Handel. This long-overdue study explores these works in terms of their intellectual contexts (political, religious, social and cultural), comparing them to Handel’s compositions on the same or similar subjects. Additionally, detailed source information and musical analysis of the works is included as well as a discussion of the competition between Handel and his English contemporaries in order to provide a fuller picture of the diverse musical and cultural life in London during the first half of the eighteenth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gardner, Matthew

Staehelin, Martin

Weitere Mitwirkende

Heidrich, Jürgen

Staehelin, Martin

Marx, Hans Joachim

Konrad, Ulrich

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein

Leseproben

The Apollo Academy, a musical club founded in 1731 by Maurice Greene and his friend Michael Christian Festing, was the performance location of various oratorios, odes and masques produced by composers in Greene’s circle of friends, colleagues and pupils. Many of the works performed both in and outside the academy meetings are based on subjects such as Jephtha, Deborah and the choice of Hercules which were well known in eighteenth-century England and also attracted the attention of Handel. This long-overdue study explores these works in terms of their intellectual contexts (political, religious, social and cultural), comparing them to Handel’s compositions on the same or similar subjects. Additionally, detailed source information and musical analysis of the works is included as well as a discussion of the competition between Handel and his English contemporaries in order to provide a fuller picture of the diverse musical and cultural life in London during the first half of the eighteenth century.>

Über Autor(innen)

Heidrich, Jürgen
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heidrich hat seit 2004 einen Lehrstuhl für Musikwissenschaft an der Universität Münster inne.

Gardner, Matthew
Dr. Matthew Gardner ist Juniorprofessor für Musikwissenschaft an der Universität Tübingen.

Staehelin, Martin
Dr. Martin Staehelin ist Professor für Musikwissenschaft an der Universität Göttingen.

Marx, Hans Joachim
Dr. phil. Hans Joachim Marx ist Professor em. für Europäische Musikgeschichte an der Universität Hamburg, ordentliches Mitglied der Joachim Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Hamburg, korrespondierendes Mitglied des Institutes of Advanced Musical Studies des King’s College in London und korrespondierendes Mitglied der Philologisch-Historischen Klasse der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen.

Staehelin, Martin
Dr. Martin Staehelin ist Professor für Musikwissenschaft an der Universität Göttingen.