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is widely acknowledged as a seminal work not only in Handel scholarship but also in musicology as a whole, thanks to its detailed discussion of original documents and thorough approach to the topic. He died in
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in 1947. He considerably rewrote his 1948 book on Bizet in 1965 due to new material and music of the composer which had since emerged. From 1965 he wrote articles criticizing the
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was published in 1987 and 2006, and set new standards in Handel scholarship and did much to help the revival of stagings of Handel's operas.
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After World War II, he became notable as a writer on music, particularly when he published several articles about the compositions of
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he contributed an extended essay on 'criticism', ending with a long list of the necessary qualifications for a critic.
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However, Handel became his main focus; and apart from the book already mentioned, he also published
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Dean contributed heavily to a number of musicological publications, including
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The New Oxford History of Music – The Age of Beethoven 1790-1820
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and record sleeve notes. His writings include studies of
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in March 1916, the son of the film and theatre producer
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Index

operas
oratorios
George Frideric Handel
Birkenhead
Basil Dean
Harrow
King's College, Cambridge
Bizet
Music & Letters
Oeser
Carmen
Grove
Handel operas
The Musical Times
Opera
The Listener
French Opera
Italian Opera
Verdi
Hambledon, Surrey
Bizet
ISBN
9780460031639
ISBN
978-0-19-315219-9
Essays on Opera
ISBN
9780193152656
ISBN
1843832682

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