Classic book originally published in 1760. After the memoirs there is a Catalogue of Works and Observations on the Works of George Frederic Handel.

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT146544Anonymous. By John Mainwaring. With a half-title.London: printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1760. 4],208p., plate: port.; 8

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT123511Author of Remarks = John Mainwaring.Cambridge: printed by J. Archdeacon; for T. & J. Merrill, in Cambridge; T. Cadell, J. Dodsley, B. White, T. Payne & Son, R. Faulder, and G. Wilkie, in London, 1781. 2],78p.; 8

Classic book originally published in 1760. After the memoirs there is a Catalogue of Works and Observations on the Works of George Frederic Handel.

Leben und Musik bedingen einander. Das Eine braucht das Andere. Die Geschichte des Georg Friedrich H ndel ist daf r ein typisches Beispiel. Der war ein musikalischer Universalist. Orgel, Violine und Cembalo beherrschte er virtuos, in der Kunst des Komponierens konnten ihm nur wenige das Wasser reichen, Phantasie besa er im berfluss. Er gilt als einer der produktivsten und einflussreichsten Musikschaffenden des Barock. Generationen von Tonk nstlern haben sich an seiner au ergew hnlichen Kreativit t und genialen Musik orientiert. Als Komponist genoss er weltweiten Ruhm, zugleich arbeitete er auch noch als Produzent, Musikmanager und Intendant. Bereits zu Lebzeiten wurde ihm in seiner Wahlheimat England ein Denkmal gesetzt. Das alles hat ihn zum ersten Popstar der Musikgeschichte gemacht. Der englische Theologe John Mainwaring ver ffentlichte sein literarisches H ndel-Portrait kurz nach dessen Tod in London. Er kannte H ndel pers nlich und war vom gro en Meister h chstselbst mit Informationen insbesondere ber die fr hen Jahre versorgt worden. Mainwarings Schrift schildert H ndels Lebensweg und beschreibt sachkundig sein weitreichendes Oeuvre. Es handelt sich um die erste klassische Musikerbiographie berhaupt. Das Werk wurde von dem Komponisten und Musikpublizisten Johann Mattheson ins Deutsche bertragen und mit kundigen Anmerkungen, launigen Kommentaren sowie einem Vorwort versehen. Mattheson war daf r bestens pr destiniert, denn er und H ndel hatten sich in Hamburg kennen gelernt und waren seitdem gut befreundet. F r diese Ausgabe ist Matthesons bersetzung sprachlich leicht berarbeitet und durch Informationen zu bedeutenden Zeitgenossen H ndels nebst einer bersicht bemerkenswerter Ereignisse erg nzt worden, um den historischen Kontext zu verdeutlichen, in dem H ndel, sein Biograph und der bersetzer agierten.