{"product_id":"handels-oratorios-and-eighteenth-century-thought-9780521402651","title":"Handel's Oratorios and Eighteenth-Century Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ruth Smith | Smith Ruth\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Instruction \u0026amp; Study - Voice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging and challenging book, Ruth Smith shows that the words of Handel's oratorios reflect the events and ideas of their time and have far greater meaning than has hitherto been realized. She sheds new light on the oratorio librettists and explores literature, music, aesthetics, politics and religion to reveal Handel's texts as conduits for eighteenth-century thought and sensibility. This book enriches our understanding of Handel, his times, and the relationships between music and its intellectual contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46893290619031,"sku":"9780521402651","price":16637.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521402651.webp?v=1770315145","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/handels-oratorios-and-eighteenth-century-thought-9780521402651","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}