{"product_id":"9781469606491","title":"A History of the Oratorio, 4 volumes, Omnibus E-book: Includes all four volumes of A History of the Oratorio","description":"The University of North Carolina Press is proud to announce Howard Smither's ground-breaking four-volume \u003ci\u003eA History of the Oratorio\u003c\/i\u003e, are now available in one convenient Omnibus E-Book edition.  Published as UNC Press Enduring Editions, these volumes bring Smither's landmark scholarship to a new generation of readers and scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by an eminent scholar in a style that represents American musicological writing at its communicative best, \u003ci\u003eA History of the Oratorio\u003c\/i\u003e offers a synthesis and critical appraisal so exhaustive and reliable that the serious student of the oratorio will be compelled to look to these volumes as an indispensable source.  No work on the history of the oratorio has yet appeared in the English language that is comparable in scope and treatment with Smither's comprehensive four-volume work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolumes 1 and 2, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1977, treated the oratorio in the Baroque era, while Volume 3, published in 1987, explored the genre in the Classical era.  The final volume, Volume 4, published in 2000, surveys the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century oratorio, stressing the main geographic areas of oratorio composition and performance: Germany, Britain, America, and France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of the Oratorio\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full-length history of the genre since Arnold Schering published his \u003ci\u003eGeschichte des Oratoriums\u003c\/i\u003e in 1911.  In addition to synthesizing current thought about the oratorio, these volumes contribute new information on relationships between oratorio librettos and contemporary literary and religious thought, and on the musical differences among oratorios from different geographical-cultural regions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInformation on the 4 volumes included in this Omnibus E-Book:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA HISTORY OF THE ORATORIO\u003cbr\u003eHoward E. Smither\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume 1: The Oratorio in the Baroque Era: Italy, Vienna, Paris\u003cbr\u003e507 pp., 59 illus., 74 music examples\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume 2: the Oratorio in the Baroque Era: Protestant Germany and England\u003cbr\u003e415 pp., 48 illus., 75 music examples\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume 3: the Oratorio in the Classical Era\u003cbr\u003e736 pp., 37 illus., 30 tables, 110 music examples\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume 4: The Oratorio in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e856 pp., 24 illus., 33 tables, 90 figs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout UNC Press Enduring Editions \u003cbr\u003eUNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135642353904,"sku":"9781469606491","price":299.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469606491_p0.jpg?v=1763700505","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469606491","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}