{"product_id":"kga9790006580446","title":"Music for the Play \"Comus\"・Music for the Play \"Alceste\"・English Songs","description":"\u003csection id=\"content2\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv id=\"c-product-table-comment\" class=\"c-product-table\"\u003e\n            \u003cp class=\"c-product-table__text\"\u003eFrom the sixteenth century onwards, music played an important role in theatrical performances throughout the British Isles. Many of G.F. Handel’s most popular works found their way into English dramas and ballad operas, often adapted and parodied. Handel himself, however, only occasionally composed for the theatrical stage.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis volume contains Handel’s secular vocal works in English, which may be described, in the broadest sense, as “theatre music” or incidental music. It includes four numbers (“There in blissful shades and bow’rs” HWV 44) for John Milton’s “Masque”, later known as “Comus”; the incidental music for Tobias Smollett’s drama “Alceste” HWV 45, which was to be performed at the Covent Garden Theatre in London in 1750, and fifteen English songs, which were often first performed on the stages of London’s theatres and pleasure gardens before becoming widely known through printed song sheets.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe music for “Alceste”, which survives independently of Smollett’s play, is accompanied by research into possible literary and dramatic models for the tragedy. In the case of the English songs, the main task was to distinguish the authentic compositions from the numerous arrangements and contrafacts of popular arias and dances from Handel’s works. For the first time, as part of the “Halle Handel Edition”, criteria for the authenticity of Handel’s English songs have been established. These include the autograph manuscripts which have come down to us, documented contacts with the lyricists and performers associated with the songs, the attribution of songs during the composer's lifetime, and the borrowing of musical material from or into other works by Handel. The volume thus offers insights into a hitherto little-known but fascinating genre within Handel’s oeuvre, reflecting the distinctive aesthetic of the English theatre of his time.            \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003c\/div\u003e  \n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection id=\"content3\" class=\"tab-content\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv id=\"c-product-table-table-of-content\" class=\"c-product-table\"\u003e\n            \u003cp class=\"c-product-table__text\"\u003eZur Edition = Editorial Policy\u003cbr\u003e\nVorwort = Preface\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTable 1: English songs in this edition\u003cbr\u003e\nTable 2: Songs based on minuets (excluded from this edition)\u003cbr\u003e\nTable 3: Outline document of Comus, letter by James Noel to Anthony Ashley Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury, 23 June 1745, with German translation and comments\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFaksimiles\u003cbr\u003e\nText von HWV 44 mit deutscher Übersetzung\u003cbr\u003e\nText des Hauptteils von HWV 45 mit deutscher Übersetzung\u003cbr\u003e\nText des Anhangs zu HWV 45 mit deutscher Übersetzung\u003cbr\u003e\nTexte der Englischen Lieder HWV 218, 226, 228.1, 228.2, 228.9, 228.11, 228.13, 228.15, 228.18, 228.19 und 228.23 mit deutscher Übersetzung\u003cbr\u003e\nTexte der Englischen Lieder HWV 228.10, 228.14, 228.21 und 228.24 im Anhang mit deutscher Übersetzung\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMusic for the masque Comus HWV 44\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n1. Air There in blissful shades and bow’rs (Basso)\u003cbr\u003e\n2. Chorus Happy, happy, happy plains\u003cbr\u003e\n3. Air There sweetest flowers (Sopr. I)\u003cbr\u003e\n4. Air There youthful Cupid (Sopr. II)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMusic for the play Alceste HWV 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOuverture\u003cbr\u003e\nA tempo ordinario\u003cbr\u003e\nAct I\u003cbr\u003e\n1. Grand Entrée\u003cbr\u003e\n2. Accompagnato Ye happy people (Tenore solo)\u003cbr\u003e\n3. Soli and Chorus Triumph, Hymen, in the pair\u003cbr\u003e\n4. Solo and Chorus Still caressing\u003cbr\u003e\n5. Air Ye swift minutes (Tenore solo)\u003cbr\u003e\n6. Chorus O bless, ye pow’rs above\u003cbr\u003e\n7. Air Gentle Morpheus (Calliope)\u003cbr\u003e\nAct IV\u003cbr\u003e\n8. Air Ye fleeting shades (Charon)\u003cbr\u003e\n9. Chorus Thrice happy, who in life excel\u003cbr\u003e\n10. Air Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove (Tenore solo)\u003cbr\u003e\n11. Air Come, fancy (Calliope)\u003cbr\u003e\n12. Symphony and Accompagnato He comes, he rises from below (Attendant)\u003cbr\u003e\n13. Chorus All hail, thou migthy son of Jove\u003cbr\u003e\n14. Symphony\u003cbr\u003e\nRecitative From high Olympus’ top (Tenore solo)\u003cbr\u003e\n15. Air Tune your harps (Tenore solo)\u003cbr\u003e\n16. Ballo primo\u003cbr\u003e\n17. L’ultimo Ballo\u003cbr\u003e\n18. Chorus Triumph, thou son of Jove\u003cbr\u003e\nAppendix, Early versions of movements from, HWV 45\u003cbr\u003e\nF. Ouverture\u003cbr\u003e\nF. Menuet\u003cbr\u003e\nF7a. Air Gentle Morpheus (Calliope)\u003cbr\u003e\nF7b. Air Gentle Morpheus (Calliope)\u003cbr\u003e\nF8. Air Embark, ye fleeting shades (Charon)\u003cbr\u003e\nF11. Air Come, fancy (Calliope)\u003cbr\u003e\nFI. Air Thetis bids me hither fly (Syrene)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEnglish Songs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLove’s but the frailty, HWV 218\u003cbr\u003e\nHunting Song (The morning is charming), HWV 226\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Unhappy Lovers (As Celia’s fatal arrows flew), HWV 228.1\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Poor Shepherd (The sun was sunk), HWV 228.2\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom scourging rebellion, HWV 228.9\u003cbr\u003e\nI like the am’rous youth, HWV 228.11\u003cbr\u003e\nNot, Chloe, that I better am, HWV 228.13\u003cbr\u003e\nMolly Mogg or The Fair Maid of the Inn (Says my uncle, I pray), HWV 228.15\u003cbr\u003e\nStand round, my brave boys, HWV 228.18\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Melancholy Nymph (’Twas when the seas), HWV 228.19\u003cbr\u003e\nColin’s Complaint (By the side of a murmuring stream), HWV 228.23\u003cbr\u003e\nAnhang, Händel zugeschriebene Lieder\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Forsaken Nymph (Guardian angels, now protect me), HWV 228.10\u003cbr\u003e\nStrephon’s Complaint of Love (Oh! cruel tyrant Love), HWV 228.14\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Death of the Stag (When Phoebus the tops of the hills), HWV 228.21\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Je ne sais quoi (Yes, I’m in love), HWV 228.24\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nKritischer Bericht\u003cbr\u003e\nAbkürzungen\u003cbr\u003e\nRISM-Bibliothekssigel\u003cbr\u003e\nThere in blissful shades and bow’rs, HWV 44\u003cbr\u003e\nQuellen\u003cbr\u003e\nEinzelnachweise\u003cbr\u003e\nAlceste, HWV 45\u003cbr\u003e\nQuellen\u003cbr\u003e\nEinzelnachweise\u003cbr\u003e\nEnglische Lieder, HWV 218, 226, 228.1, 228.2, 228.9, 228.11, 228.13, 228.15, 228.18, 228.19, 228.23, 228.10, 228.14, 228.21, 228.24\u003cbr\u003e\nQuellen\u003cbr\u003e\nEinzelnachweise            \u003c\/p\u003e \n         \u003c\/div\u003e  \n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Bärenreiter・ベーレンライター","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67892028408038,"sku":"KGA9790006580446","price":86130.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/1710\/0196\/files\/co_lrg_01_4a5f5fdc-a145-4e8c-a03e-1b0d6b9a0590.jpg?v=1793267216","url":"https:\/\/gaudeamusic.com\/ja\/products\/kga9790006580446","provider":"Gaudeamus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}