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Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel, and Jc Smith - With Select Pieces of Music, Composed by J. C. Smith, Never Before Published (Book) Loot Price: R860
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Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel, and Jc Smith - With Select Pieces of Music, Composed by J. C. Smith, Never Before...

Anecdotes of George Frederick Handel, and Jc Smith - With Select Pieces of Music, Composed by J. C. Smith, Never Before Published (Book)

William Coxe

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The author and clergyman William Coxe (1748-1828), noted for his travel works, was the stepson of Handel's amanuensis, German-born John Christopher Smith (1712-95). First published in 1799, the present work is a valuable source of first-hand information about two men at the heart of eighteenth-century English music: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), whose inventive and sensitive melodic genius and exuberant brilliance in depicting the spectacular are best displayed in his Messiah and Zadok the Priest, and Smith, a composer of attractive and fashionable music, who settled in London in 1720, took lessons with Handel and later supported the great composer as his eyesight failed. Smith was also organist at the Foundling Hospital until 1770. This publication, profits from which were intended to support Smith's family, draws on the works of John Hawkins and Charles Burney, and on anecdotes claimed to be 'derived from unquestionable authority'.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2014
First published: 2014
Authors: William Coxe
Dimensions: 181 x 252 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Book
Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-07094-2
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)
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LSN: 1-108-07094-9
Barcode: 9781108070942

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