Cathal Twomey
Biographic Data
| ID | 9748577 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cathal Twomey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cathal |
| FAMILY NAME | Twomey |
| SIGNATURE | TWOMEY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Ireland, Maynooth |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5952-5333 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Look! […] Things People Can’t See!’ Wordbooks, Reader-Listenership, and Invisible Theatre in Handel’s Oratorios
In eighteenth-century England, anyone attending an opera, an oratorio, or even a church service would typically have had a printed ‘wordbook’ made available to them to read during the performance. Such wordbooks, whether available for purchase or distributed free of charge, contained the words to be sung (the libretto), usually with translations if necessary, and sometimes also explanatory footnotes, prefaces or plot summaries, or lists of dramat…
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‘Look! […] Things People Can’t See!’ Wordbooks, Reader-Listenership, and Invisible Theatre in Handel’s Oratorios
In eighteenth-century England, anyone attending an opera, an oratorio, or even a church service would typically have had a printed ‘wordbook’ made available to them to read during the performance. Such wordbooks, whether available for purchase or distributed free of charge, contained the words to be sung (the libretto), usually with translations if necessary, and sometimes also explanatory footnotes, prefaces or plot summaries, or lists of dramat…
Diverse Musicological Studies (1 work) · Drama (1 work) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (1 work) · Oratorio (1 work) · Theater, Performance, and Music History (1 work)