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160019 PS Italian Opera in European Context: George Frideric Handel (2021W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
ON-SITE
Moodle

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Details

max. 21 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 04.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
  • Monday 11.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
  • Monday 18.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
  • Monday 25.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
  • Monday 08.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
  • Monday 15.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
  • Monday 22.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 29.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 06.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 13.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 10.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 17.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 24.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 31.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will focus on the operatic production of George Frideric Handel. Due to his numerous stages in many significant European musical cities, Handel's operas are exemplary for the differing traditions of secular music theater. Although being born into a protestant context, Handel devoted himself to Italian opera. However, he never seized to combine German, Italian and English elements within it. This course will provide an overview of similarities and differences of Italian opera in different geographical contexts, focussing on a few specific case studies: Hamburg (Almira, 1705), Venice (Agrippina, 1709/10) and London (Rinaldo, 1711 / Giulio Cesare, 1724 / Alcina, 1735).

Students should be introduced to the analysis of poetic and musical structures of Italian Baroque opera through an analysis of their libretti and scores. Furthermore, they should acquire knowledge regarding Handel's operas, their genesis and reception. In the course of the seminar, we will also discuss issues regarding performance practice. An individual presentation and a term paper will be part of the course.

Assessment and permitted materials

• Readings
• Discussions
• Individual presentation (ca. 20 minutes)
• Term paper (10–15 pages)
• Regular attendance

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

See above.

Basic knowledge of Italian is mandatory.

Examination topics

See above.

Reading list

Donald Burrows: Handel, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press 2012.

Winton Dean /John Merrill Knapp: Handel's Operas 1704-1726, Oxford: Oxford University Press 1995.

Winton Dean: Handel's Operas 1726-1741, Woodbridge: Boydell Press 2006.

Arnold Jacobshagen / Panja Mücke (Hrsg.): Händels Opern. Das Handbuch, Laaber: Laaber 2009 (= Das Händel-Handbuch 2).

Hans-Joachim Marx / Steffen Voss (Hrsg.): Das Händel-Lexikon, Laaber: Laaber 2011 (=Das Händel-Handbuch 6).

Reinhard Strohm: Essays on Handel an Italian Opera, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press 1987.

Association in the course directory

BA: PRO, HIS-V2, FRE

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:17