Bach, Handel, Scarlatti 1685–1985

1985 celebrated the 300th anniversary of the births of Bach, Handel and Scarlatti.

Peter Williams (Edited by)

9780521082136, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 September 2008

384 pages
24.4 x 17 x 2 cm, 0.3 kg

1985 celebrated the 300th anniversary of the births of Bach, Handel and Scarlatti. This volume covers all three composers and contains essays from an international team of scholars. Some essays make a contribution towards a better understanding of one or other composer, but at least half of them are concerned with ideas connecting two or even all three of them. The essays are concerned with many aspects of the music - technical, chronological, critical, speculative, theoretical and (importantly) practical - and the distinguished contributors have often endeavoured to ask questions rather than jump to conclusions. Every essay makes fresh points and can open up new avenues for players and (in the broadest sense) students, especially in the present climate of wishing to return to 'authentic conditions of performance'.

1. Handel and Music for the Earl of Carnarvon Graydon Beeks
2. Aria and Ritornello: New Aspects of the Comparison Handel/Bach Paul Brainard
3. Handel and Hanover Donald Burrows
4. Muzio Clementi as an Original Advocate, Collector and Performer, in Particular of J. S. Bach and D. Scarlatti Stephen Daw
5. Handel's Early London Copyists Winton Dean
6. The 'Dotted Style' in Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti David Fuller
7. The Mietkes, the Margrave and Bach Sheridan Germann
8. Handel's 'Chandos' and Associated Anthems: An Introductory Survey Gerald Hendrie
9.`Der Himmel weiss, wo these Sachen hingekommen sind': Reconstructing the Lost Keyboard Notebooks of the Young Bach and Handel Robert Hill
10. Did J. S. Bach Compose the F minor Prelude and Fugue BWV 534? David Humphreys
11. In Search of Bach the Organist Peter Le Hurry and John Butt
12. Keyboard Technique and Articulation: Evidence for the Performance Practices of Bach, Handel and Scarlatti Mark Lindley
13. Bach and Handel as Teachers of Thorough Bass Alfred Mann
14. Tempo and Dynamic Indications in the Bach Sources: A Review of the Terminology Robert L. Marshall
15. Bach, Handel, D. Scarlatti and the Toccata of the Late Baroque Giorgio Pestelli
16. Does 'Well-Tempered' Mean 'Equal-Tempered'? Rudolf Rasch
17. The B minor Mass - Perpetual Touchstone for Bach Research Hans-Joachim Schultze
18. Remarks on the Compositions for Organ of Domenico Scarlatti Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini
19. Figurae in the Keyboard Works of Scarlatti, Handel and Bach: An Introduction Peter Williams.

Subject Areas: Music [AV]