Descript |
xiii, 266 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
Content |
text |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Contents |
Introduction : genres of opera, styles of dance -- Handel's operas of the 1710s -- The Royal Academy operas -- Handel and the London theater, 1729-35 -- Theatrical dance and opera in London, 1735-55 -- The French connection -- Pastoral versus heroic : Handel's operas with dance -- Epilogue : opera dance in a changing marketplace. |
ISBN |
9781580464208 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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