“Sometimes it is impossible to guess why Handel was so scrupulous”: Handel’s versions of the aria ‘Thou art gone up on high’ in "Messiah"

Burrows, Donald (2011). “Sometimes it is impossible to guess why Handel was so scrupulous”: Handel’s versions of the aria ‘Thou art gone up on high’ in "Messiah". In: Hirschmann, Wolfgang ed. Aria. Eine Festschrift für Wolklfgang Ruf. Studien und Materialien zur Musikwissenschaft (65). Hildesheim: Georg Olms , pp. 280–307.

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Abstract

A detailed examination of then history and musical features of one aria in Messiah that Handel recomposed three times between 1741 and 1750. Includes a full parallel-text music example.

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Copyright Holders:	2011 Not Known
ISBN:	3-487-14711-4, 978-3-487-14711-6
Academic Unit/Department:	Arts > Music
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Item ID:	32773
Depositing User:	Donald Burrows
Date Deposited:	23 Feb 2012 12:20
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2012 14:24
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/32773

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