Handel's Oratorios and Eighteenth-Century Thought

ISBN: 9780521023702 出版年：1995 页码：502 Ruth Smith Cambridge University Press

Introduction Part I. English Origins of English Oratario: 1. Artistic norms 2. The purpose of art 3. Music, morals and religion 4. The biblical sublime 5. The survival of the epic 6. The defence of Christianity 7. Towards oratorio Part II. The Patriot Libretto from the Excise Bill to the Jew Bill: Israelite Oratarios and English Politics: 8. Political events and political thought 9. Allegorical politics 10. Moral politics 11. Esther to Athalia 12. In time of war 13. Images of government 14. The conflict of public and private interests 15. Coda: the end of Handel's Israelite oratorios Appendices Notes Index.