collaboration with George Frideric Handel

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The "collaboration with George Frideric Handel" refers to the joint creative effort behind the pastoral opera "Acis and Galatea," combining Handel’s music with a specially crafted English libretto.

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instanceOf artistic collaboration ⓘ
creative partnership ⓘ
artForm opera ⓘ
pastoral drama ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Cannons, the estate of James Brydges, Duke of Chandos ⓘ
basedOn story of Acis and Galatea from Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
collaborationType composer–librettist collaboration ⓘ
creativeProcess Handel setting English pastoral texts to music ⓘ
hasAspect adaptation of classical myth for early 18th-century English audience ⓘ
integration of English pastoral poetry with Italianate musical style ⓘ
hasMedium vocal and instrumental music ⓘ
hasParticipant Alexander Pope ⓘ
George Frideric Handel ⓘ
John Gay ⓘ
John Hughes ⓘ
possibly other anonymous librettists ⓘ
hasReception highly regarded in Handel’s lifetime and thereafter ⓘ
hasStyle English pastoral with Italianate melodic writing ⓘ
hasTheme jealousy and violence of the cyclops Polyphemus ⓘ
love between Acis and Galatea ⓘ
transformation and apotheosis of Acis ⓘ
historicalContext early 18th-century English baroque music ⓘ
influenced development of English-language pastoral opera ⓘ
involvesRole Gay as principal librettist ⓘ
Handel as composer ⓘ
Hughes as contributing poet ⓘ
Pope as contributing poet ⓘ
legacy became one of Handel’s most frequently performed dramatic works in English ⓘ
librettoBy Alexander Pope ⓘ
John Gay ⓘ
John Hughes ⓘ
librettoLanguage English ⓘ
location England ⓘ
musicBy George Frideric Handel ⓘ
notableFor creation of Handel’s most famous English pastoral work ⓘ
patron James Brydges, Duke of Chandos ⓘ
performanceContext originally intended for semi-private performance at Cannons ⓘ
period Baroque era ⓘ
relatedWork Italian cantata Aci, Galatea e Polifemo by George Frideric Handel ⓘ
resultedIn multiple later versions and arrangements of Acis and Galatea ⓘ
startDate circa 1717 ⓘ
workCreated Acis and Galatea ⓘ
workCreatedGenre masque-like pastoral ⓘ
workCreatedLanguage English ⓘ
workCreatedType pastoral opera ⓘ

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Acis and Galatea (libretto) → notableFor → collaboration with George Frideric Handel ⓘ