Preface; Foreword Christopher Hogwood; A-Z general entries; Appendix 1. Worklist; Appendix 2. Chronology; Appendix 3. Handel's family tree; Appendix 4. Handel iconography; Appendix 5. Genealogical table of the ruling houses of Britain and Hanover; Appendix 6. Handel's music on CD and DVD; Appendix 7. An overview of fifty Handel performers, 1959–2009; Appendix 8. Handel organizations and websites; Select bibliography.
From Arias to Zadok the Priest - over 700 entries by international experts explore all aspects of Handel's life and work.
Annette Landgraf is a member of the editorial office of the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. David Vickers is an independent lecturer, journalist, author and musicologist.
'Scrupulous in its scholarship, with a breadth and richness of
scope befitting its subject, The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia is
indeed 'the perfect Baedeker', as Christopher Hogwood avers in his
engaging Foreword.' Richard Wigmore, Gramophone
'[This book] achieves a small miracle in delivering an overview
that drills deep into biography, social context and the music with
wide-ranging ease and a commanding but approachable authority …
What emerges is an impressive achievement, a multifaceted portrait
of the composer and a kaleidoscopic perspective of the music's
place in its own time and across the changing fashions and fads of
the past two and a half centuries.' Classical Music
'This is an outstanding book, in scope, in scholarship and in
presentation. Its 88 contributors read like a roll-call of the
great and good in the field of Handel studies. Not simply an
essential resource for Handelians, but alluringly readable for the
most innocent newcomer to the composer's world.' George Pratt, BBC
Music Magazine
'An incredible achievement! Articles are extensive, both well
documented for scholars and eminently readable. No stone appears to
have been left unturned and the result is an amazingly
comprehensive A-Z of anyone and anything connected to the great
master of the baroque and the legacy with which he has enriched our
lives.' Harry Christophers, conductor of The Sixteen and artistic
director of the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston
'The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia is remarkable: a
well-researched, elegantly written, often times witty, cornecopia
of Haendelian lore and miscellany.' William Christie, conductor
'The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia is a fitting tribute to one of
the greatest composers. It is extremely comprehensive, dealing not
only with the background to Handel's musical masterpieces, but also
with his contemporaries, colleagues, friends and singers who
performed in his operas and oratorios. 86 experts from a range of
scholarly disciplines examine Handel's life and work from a wide
variety of aspects, and the encyclopedia will serve to emphasise
the composer's genius in such a wide range of musical styles. The
editors are to be congratulated on producing such an indispensable
adjunct to every musical library.' Sir Charles Mackerras,
conductor
'The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia will be warmly welcomed by all
Handelian scholars and performers. The descriptions of musical
works are concise and to the point; the numerous biographical
entries are especially interesting, and recreate the vivid and
colourful musical worlds of Germany, Italy and London that formed
the background to Handel's great works.' Paul McCreesh,
conductor
'What a glorious resource this book is! It is an absolute must for
all lovers of Handel's music. It is a terrific mine of information
about his music and the fascinating cast of characters who
performed it.' Nicholas McGegan, conductor
'The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia will never gather dust on my
bookshelf. The wealth of information that it contains is so
enticing that frequent reference is inevitable, and it is
impossible to restrict myself to a single topic of enquiry at any
one time. Music lovers, performers and scholars should not be
without this book.' Trevor Pinnock, harpsichordist, conductor and
founder of the English Concert
'This amazing enterprise runs to over eight hundred pages and
contains some seven hundred articles, both long and short, covering
Handel's life, music, people and places associated with him,
performance style, performers and scholars … For both professionals
and amateurs this book will form an admirable reference and it is a
truly magnificent piece of scholarship.' Robert Hugill, Music and
Vision
'No stone seems to have been left unturned, including the
little-known aspects of the composer's life and personality. The
result is an amazingly comprehensive A-Z dictionary giving insight
into every single aspect of Handel's life and work and covering
virtually all areas of Handelian scholarship. Entries range from
places, venues and people to, no doubt more importantly, the
musical works themselves - concisely, but always pertinently
analysed - not to forget most of the current aesthetic issues
directly or indirectly related to them.' Antoine Capet, Cercles
'The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia … marks the reassessment of the
last four decades and is hugely informative about how Handel played
the London market, borrowed on the musical exchange, gave
munificently and composed.' David Martin, Times Literary Supplement
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