Bach, Handel, Scarlatti 1685–1985

by Edited by Peter Williams

• ISBN13: 9780521082136
• ISBN10: 0521082137
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-18
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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'.

Table of Contents

Handel and Music for the Earl of Carnarvon

New Aspects of the Comparison Handel/Bach

Handel and Hanover

Muzio Clementi as an Original Advocate, Collector and Performer, in Particular of

Handel's Early London Copyists

The 'Dotted Style' in Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti

The Mietkes, the Margrave and Bach

Handel's 'Chandos' and Associated Anthems: An Introductory Survey

`Der Himmel weiss, wo these Sachen hingekommen sind': Reconstructing the Lost Keyboard Notebooks of the Young Bach and Handel

Did J. S. Bach Compose the F minor Prelude and Fugue BWV 534?

In Search of Bach the Organist

Keyboard Technique and Articulation: Evidence for the Performance Practices of Bach, Handel and Scarlatti

Bach and Handel as Teachers of Thorough

Tempo and Dynamic Indications in the Bach Sources: A Review of the Terminology

Bach, Handel D. Scarlatti and the Toccata of the Late Baroque

Does 'Well-Tempered' Mean 'Equal-Tempered'?

The B minor Mass - Perpetual Touchstone for Bach Research

Remarks on the Compositions for Organ of Domenico Scarlatti

Figurae in the Keyboard Works of Scarlatti, Handel and Bach: An Introduction

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