Collections of Essays
950.Handel, Tercentenary Collection. Ed. Stanley Sadie and Anthony Hicks. Stud-
ies in Musicology, 99. Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research, 1987. xi, 308p. ISBN
0-8357-1833-6. ML410 .H13 H257.
A splendid commemorative volume for the composer’s 300th birthday. Of the
16 papers, these are cited elsewhere in this section: Winton Dean, on scholar-
ship (#943); Donald Burrows, on resources (#945); George J. Buelow, on bor-
rowing (#976); and John H. Roberts, also on borrowing (#977). Other entries
on opera include Lowell Lindgren, “The Staging of Handel’s Operas in Lon-
don”; Duncan Chisholm, “New Sources for the Libretto of Handel’s Joseph”;
Elizabeth Gibson, “The Royal Academy of Music (1719–28) and Its Direc-
tors”; and Carole Taylor, “Handel’s Disengagement from the Italian Opera.”
Index to the works cited, partly expansive general index.
951.The Cambridge Companion to Handel. Ed. Donald Burrows. New York:
Cambridge U.P., 1997. xvi, 349p. ISBN 0-521-45425-5. ML410 .H13 C2.
A collection of 18 essays by various authors, together with a chronology,
worklist, and index. Seven of the contributions are useful accounts of Handel’s
background in Germany, Italy, and London—covering theaters, concert life,
and librettists. Two essays are entered separately in this guide: C. Steven La
Rue on the aria (#969) and Winton Dean on production style (#974).
952.Handel: A Celebration of His Life and Times. Ed. Jacob Simon. London:
National Portrait Gallery, 1985. 296p. ISBN 0-9040-1268-0. ML410 .H13
H19.
An elaborate catalogue of the exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery,
London, in 1985–1986. Shows portraits, manuscripts, documents, maps,
engravings, a plan of Handel’s house, musical instruments, and other icono-
graphical material. Excellent descriptions and commentaries accompany the
pictures.- Strohm, Reinhard. Essays on Handel and Italian Opera.New York: Cam-
bridge U.P., 1985. x, 303p. ISBN 0-521-26428-6. ML410 .H13 S75.
Consists of 12 valuable essays in English, all but 1 translated from German; all
have been previously published. Those relating to Handel are cited elsewhere
in this section: #966, #972, #973, #983, and #988. There are two studies on
Gasparini (#854, #855), one on Vinci (#1947), and one on Vivaldi (#1958).
Periodicals
- Händel Jahrbuch, 1–6, 1928–1933; n.s., 1–, 1955–. Leipzig: Händel
Gesellschaft, 1928–1933; 1955–. Annual. ML410 .H13 H13.
First series issued as Veröffentlichungen der Händel Gesellschaft.
955.Göttinger Händel Beiträge,1–, 1984–. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1984–. Irregular.
ML410 .H13 G6.
Six volumes seen, issued 1984–1996; a seventh volume was unavailable. Useful
bibliographies of writings about Handel have appeared: v.1 (1984), covering
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