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Handel (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Handel (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Master Musicians Series
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Handel is one of the most remarkable figures in the history of
western music. His compositions form one of the peaks of creative
achievement in the Baroque period, and cover a remarkable range:
full-scale Italian operas and English oratorios (including
Messiah), but also shorter works such as the Water Music and the
Coronation Anthem Zadok the Priest. His compositional processes
were often complex, but could result in accessible and memorable
'hit tunes', such as the aria that subsequently became famous as
'Handel's Largo'.
His life and career were as remarkable as his music. Born in
Germany to a family that reputedly tried to discourage his initial
interest in music, he broke away to seek his fortune in Italian
opera, and proceeded to gain first-hand experience of the latest
Italian styles in Rome, Florence, Venice and Naples. A series of
career moves brought him via Hanover to London, where he eventually
settled and dominated the city's musical life for half a century.
There he quickly made his mark in English church music as well as
Italian opera, and eventually created two new musical
genres--English theatre oratorio and the organ concerto.
Handel is important also because, as a musician, he also became a
significant public figure. In Rome he attracted the patronage of
princes and cardinals; soon after his arrival in London he appeared
at the court of Queen Anne, and he subsequently enjoyed substantial
support from the "Hanoverian" royal family. He survived turbulent
periods in the musical and political life of London, reached a
wider public through publications of his music, died a rich man and
was buried in Westminster Abbey.
This biography provides a comprehensive and balanced account of
both the man and his music, drawing on the unusually rich legacy of
documentary and musical sources from Handel's lifetime. This new
edition of a book that has been recognized as a 'classic' biography
of Handel, reliable on the factual details of the composer's life
and comprehensive in the coverage of his music, incorporates a
great deal of new material. The last half century has seen a great
renewal of research on the circumstances of Handel's life, and a
major expansion in performances and recordings of his music. The
book brings together the results of this scholarly activity, and is
informed by wide experience of modern performances of Handel's
music, including the revival of his operas and experimentation with
'authentic' performance practices.
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