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Purcel (Hardcover)
William Hayman Cummings
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Handel (Hardcover)
William Hayman Cummings
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
'He was the greatest composer that ever lived,' said Beethoven of
Handel. 'He is the father of us all,' wrote Haydn. This short,
vivid biography of Handel reminds us of the composer's greatness.
Separate chapters are devoted to the Messiah, the Harmonious
Blacksmith, Handel's organ at Cannons, and his will and codicils. A
few notes and an index have been added to this revised and reset
edition. William Hayman Cummings (1831-1915) was a singer and music
historian. He taught singing at the Royal Normal School and the
School for the Blind before being appointed a professor at the
Royal Academy of Music in 1879. In 1896 he was appointed principal
of the Guildhall School of Music. His historical studies of music
and musicians led to him being made a Fellow of the Society of
Antiquaries in 1884.
William Cummings's highly regarded biography of has been revised
and reset to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Henry
Purcell, one of the greatest English composers of all time. Few
other composers can boast the originality or the range which
Purcell displayed - from sacred music, to airs, to tavern songs and
the first great English opera, Dido and Eneas. As well as following
Purcell's life and career, the book provides appendices on
Purcell's family, the organists, choirmasters and copyists of
Westminster Abbey, and a list of important dates in the composer's
life. William H. Cummings was Principal of the Guildhall School of
Music, London, and a noted music historian.
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