The Life of George Frederick Handel : With an Introductory Notice by George Grove

William Smyth Rockstro

ISBN 10: 1108064817 / ISBN 13: 9781108064811

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Beloved not only in Britain, George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) is admired as a composer the world over. His inventive and sensitive melodic genius and his exuberant brilliance in depicting the spectacular are best displayed in his Messiah and Zadok the Priest. Larger than life, Handel impressed all who met him and was adept at promoting his works, arranging for their publication and even selling them from his home in London's Brook Street. His dogged determination to triumph over the many reverses of his career and the fickle enthusiasms of the Georgian public is the stuff of three-volume novels. This sympathetic and highly readable biography by the composer and author William Smith Rockstro (1823-95) was first published in 1883. Wherever possible, autograph manuscripts have been consulted and the book contains the first detailed catalogue of Handel's output. Among other works, Rockstro's biography of Mendelssohn is also reissued in this series. Codice articolo 9781108064811

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An 1883 biography of Handel, the larger-than-life and much-acclaimed composer whose works remain a staple of concert life.

Descrizione del libro: George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), a larger-than-life composer who impressed all who met him, is beloved the world over, his genius vividly displayed in his Messiah and Zadok the Priest. This biography by the composer and author William Smith Rockstro (1823–95) was first published in 1883.

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Titolo: The Life of George Frederick Handel : With ...
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Taschenbuch
Condizione: Neu