House of Hanover, 65 Humour in Handel, 128 I _Il Pastor Fido_, 65, 182 _Imeneo_, 91 n., 95 n. Imitative effects, 141 Improvisation, 143, 150, 152 Improviser, 116 Independence, Handel's, 109 Instrumental music, 9, 143, 144, 146 Ireland, 97 _Israel in Egypt_, 71, 94, 95, 118, 137, 145, 150 Italian homophony, 148 Italian influences, 147 Italian musicians, 36 Italian songs in _Hercules_, 115 Italian violinists, 113 Italy, 37, 112, 113 Italianised Germans, 63 Italians, 61, 148 J James I, Stuart, 49 Jennens, 97, 99 _Jephtha_, 104, 116 _Jerusalem Delivered_, 63 John Frederick, Duke of Hanover, 49 _Joseph_, 99, 127 _Joshua_, 80, 102 _Jubilate_, 66 _Judas Maccabæus_, 101, 102, 106, 109, 139, 184, 192 _Jugendbuch_, 146, 149 K Keiser, 17, 19, 21, 31, 35, 122, 126 Kerl, 6 Kielmansegg, 49 _King Arthur_, 59, 60 Krieger, 6, 150 Kuhnau, 7 L _L'Allegro_, 95, 114 Languages, 22 _La Salle_, 90 Latin Psalms, 39 Law, 14 Lawyers, 4 Leibnitz, 69 _Leit-motiv_, 128 _Leider_, 77 n. Leipzig, 16, 108 Lent, 106, 107 Leo, 178 Leonardo, 118 Light and shade, 161 Liszt, 109, 154 Local colour, 160 Locatelli, 168 London, 42, 58, 65, etc. London Academy of Opera, 83 _London Daily Post_, 96 London operas, 126 _Lotario_, 84 Lubeck, 28 _Lucretia_, 39 Lully, 18, 19, 181 M Mad scene in _Orlando_, 127 Mahler, 154 Mainwaring, 47 Manchester, Duke of, 42 Mandoline, 160 n. Mannheim players, 164 Marcello, 3 Marylebone, 167 Mattheson, 5, 18, 21, 23, 27, 82 Mayence, 110 Medici, 36 Mendelssohn, 119 Melodic lines, 117 Melodist, 28 _Messiah_, 8, 59, 97, 98, 104, 108, 119, etc. Miller, 99 _Mitridate Eupatore_, 41 Modulations, 76 Muffat, 168 Mozart, 21, 36, 88, 108, 117 Munich, 51, 52 Musette, 178 Musical architecture, 132 Musical comedy, 128 Musical dramas, 135 _Musical Patriot, The_, 24, 27 _Muzio Scevola_, 79 N Naples, 112, 145 National musician of England, The, 102 Natural scenes, 170 _Nero_, 33, 34 Newspapers, The first, 16 Nicolini, 63 _Nitocris_, 128 Nuance, 163 O Objective art, 133 Oboe concertos, 64, 158 _Occasional Oratorio_, 101, 139, 185 n. _Ode to Queen Anne_, 68 _Ode to St. Cecilia_, 92, 95 _Ombra cara_ from _Radamisto_, 125 Open-air fêtes, 120, 190 Open-air music, 187 _Opera Buffa_, 137 _Opera Comique_, 91, 122, 128 _Opera Diabolica_, 17 Opera houses, 51, 102 Oratorios, 120, 122, 136, etc. Orchestra, 9, 103, 153, 165 Orchestral concertos, 181 n. Orchestral music, 158 Organ, 105 Organ concertos, 150-153 Organ music, 30 _Orlando_, 84, 122 Ottoboni, Cardinal, 43, 46 _Ottone_, 79, 190 P Pagan life, 185 Painting in music, 141 Painting, 185 Palestrina, 114 n. Pantheon, 107 _Parnasso in festa_, 89 n., 96 n. _Partenope_, 84 _Partenza_, 45 Pasquini, 43, 44 _Passion according to St. John_, 25, 32 _Passion after Brockes_, 70, 138, 182 Passionate scenes, 133 _Passions_, 69 _Pastor Fido_, 89 _Pastoral Symphony_, 170 Pepusch, 96 Piccadilly, 67