In this wide-r anging and challenging book, Ruth Smith claims that the words to Handel's oratorios reflect the events and ideas of their time and have far great

The history of influence of the old testamentary Maccabees is the focus of the essays collected in this book, which extend thematically and chronologically from

This study of Handel's English church music covers well-known works such as 'Zadok the Priest', but also introduces his Chapel Royal music, the result of a clos

From Arias to Zadok the Priest - over 700 entries by international experts explore all aspects of Handel's life and work.

Provides a pioneering interdisciplinary overview of the literature and music of nine centuriesOffers research essays by literary specialists and musicologists t