160019 PS Italian Opera in European Context: George Frideric Handel (2021W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Fr 10.09.2021 09:00 to We 22.09.2021 21:00
- Registration is open from Fr 24.09.2021 09:00 to We 29.09.2021 21:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.10.2021 23:59
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
• 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
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