Handel's bestiary : in search of animals in Handel's operas / Donna Leon ; illustrated by Michael Sowa ; music by George Frideric Handel with Alan Curtis conducting Il Complesso Barocco.
Author: Leon, Donna.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : [Berkeley, Calif.] : Atlantic Monthly Press : Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.
ISBN: 9780802119964 (hbk.)
0802119964 (hbk.)
Description: 139 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm. + 1 sound disc (64 min. : digital ; 4 3/4 cm.)
Subject: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Operas. Selections.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 Criticism and interpretation.
Operas Literary themes, motives.
Operas Excerpts.
Animals Songs and music.
Notes: Text in English and Italian.
Contents: Lion -- Snake -- Nightingale -- Bee -- Silver dove -- Tiger -- Frogs -- Elephant -- Moth -- Stag -- Phoenix -- Turtle dove.
Summary: "Leon draws on her love of Handel and her expertise in medieval bestiaries-- illustrated collections of animal stories-- to assemble a bestiary of her own. Twelve chapters trace twelve animals through history, mytholgoy, and the arias."--P. [4] of cover.
