University of North Carolina Press A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 1: The Oratorio in the Baroque Era: Italy, Vienna, Paris: 01

Product Description Howard Smither has written the first definitive work on the history of the oratorio since Arnold Schering published his ###Geschichte des Oratoriums# in 1911. This volume is the first of a four-volume comprehensive study that offers a new synthesis of what is known to date about the oratorio. About the Author Howard E. Smither is James Gordon Hanes Professor of the Humanities in Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.