Dance in Handel's London operas /

Sarah McCleave.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: McCleave, Sarah Yuill, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press ; Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer Limited, 2013.
Series:Eastman studies in music ; v. 96.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical description: xiii, 266 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

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ISBN:9781580464208 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
ISSN:1071-9989
Table of 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.