Readership: Scholars and students of the history of English church music; anyone interested in the music and life of Handel.
Donald Burrows, Professor of Music, The Open University
"...of lasting value coming from so thorough and reliable an author as Burrows. This is a major contribution to the study of English church music in the broadest sense...Burrows Chapel Royal will surely remain the canonical text...and many a non-specialist would find the coverage as absorbing as will music historians." - Peter Williams The Musical Times
I. History and Repertory 1: Introduction 2: The Chapel Royal before Handel's arrival in England: Symphony Anthems and Thanksgivings 3: Handel and the English Verse Anthem: His First Setting of As pants the hart, c. 1712 4: Handel's Music for the Peace of Utrecht, 1713 5: Other Chapel Royal Music from the First Period, 1712-1714 6: Interlude, 1714-1719 7: The King's Return: Handel's Re-establishment at the Chapel Royal 8: New Versions of As pants the hart 9: Other Chapel Royal Music from the Second Period, 1722-1726 10: The New Reign and the 1727 Coronation 11: The Chapel Royal and Handel's Oratorios 12: Princess Anne's Wedding Anthem, 1733-1734 13: Anthems for Other Royal Family Occasions in the 1730s: Two Weddings and a Funeral 14: War and Peace: Commemorations in the 1740s 15: Epilogue II. Institutions, Resources, and Venues 16: The London Choirs 17: Orchestral Accompaniment 18: Buildings 19: The Chapel's Resources and Handel's Music Appendices
