Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Note on the Musical Examples Prologue: "The Ways of the World" Chapter 1. Code Names and Assumed Identities Chapter 2. Women's Voices/Men's Voices Chapter 3. Pastoral Lovers Chapter 4. Cantata Couples and Love Triangles Chapter 5. Silence and Secrecy Chapter 6. Culmination of the Private Epilogue: "True Representation" Appendix 1: Cantata Chronology Appendix 2: Texts and Translations of the Continuo Cantatas Bibliographic Abbreviations Notes Title Index of Handel's Cantatas, Duets, and Trios General Index
