Haydn Jahrbuch, Volume 4T. Presser Company, 1968 - Music |
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Page 161
... oratorio would benefit from more contrast than uninter- rupted Paradise could offer ? As we have seen , quaintness in the final English text of the Creation is in itself no proof of van Swieten's authorship of any given passage ...
... oratorio would benefit from more contrast than uninter- rupted Paradise could offer ? As we have seen , quaintness in the final English text of the Creation is in itself no proof of van Swieten's authorship of any given passage ...
Page 163
... oratorio concerts that Linley directed were part of an unbroken tradition stretching back to Handel himself . Linley's predecessor was J. C. Smith the younger , who had assisted at the com- poser's own oratorio performances , and had ...
... oratorio concerts that Linley directed were part of an unbroken tradition stretching back to Handel himself . Linley's predecessor was J. C. Smith the younger , who had assisted at the com- poser's own oratorio performances , and had ...
Page 164
... oratorio , but both drew on Milton as a source for libretti . Jennens arranged L'Allegro ed il Penseroso for Handel , while Hamilton was responsible for reshaping Samson Agonistes into an oratorio . Jennens's text of L'Allegro is ...
... oratorio , but both drew on Milton as a source for libretti . Jennens arranged L'Allegro ed il Penseroso for Handel , while Hamilton was responsible for reshaping Samson Agonistes into an oratorio . Jennens's text of L'Allegro is ...