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Author | : Paul Henry Lang |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 794 |
Release | : 2012-04-30 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0486144593 |
Exceptionally full, detailed study of the man, his music and times. Childhood, music training, years in London; analysis of Messiah and other works; much more. Introduction. Includes 35 illustrations.
Author | : Paul Paradise |
Publisher | : Alfred Music |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781457461682 |
This beautiful collection for orchestra or string quartet is ideal for students, amateurs, and professionals. Useful in school, church, at the mall, and in the concert hall. Titles are: * Opus 6, No. 9 in F Major * Opus 6, No. 7 in B-flat Major * Opus 6, No. 1 in G Major * Opus 6, No. 2 in F Major * Opus 6, No. 3 in E Minor * Opus 6, No. 10 in D Minor * Opus 6, No. 6 in B-flat Major.
Author | : Ellen T. Harris |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2014-09-29 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0393245896 |
During his lifetime, the sounds of Handel’s music reached from court to theater, echoed in cathedrals, and filled crowded taverns, but the man himself—known to most as the composer of Messiah—is a bit of a mystery. Though he took meticulous care of his musical manuscripts and even provided for their preservation on his death, very little of an intimate nature survives. One document—Handel’s will—offers us a narrow window into his personal life. In it, he remembers not only family and close colleagues but also neighborhood friends. In search of the private man behind the public figure, Ellen T. Harris has spent years tracking down the letters, diaries, personal accounts, legal cases, and other documents connected to these bequests. The result is a tightly woven tapestry of London in the first half of the eighteenth century, one that interlaces vibrant descriptions of Handel’s music with stories of loyalty, cunning, and betrayal. With this wholly new approach, Harris has achieved something greater than biography. Layering the interconnecting stories of Handel’s friends like the subjects and countersubjects of a fugue, Harris introduces us to an ambitious, shrewd, generous, brilliant, and flawed man, hiding in full view behind his public persona.
Author | : Patrick Kavanaugh |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0310208068 |
This is a compelling and inspiring look at spiritual beliefs that influenced some of the world's greatest composers, now revised and expanded with eight additional composers.
Author | : Andrew Gant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Composers |
ISBN | : 9781851245062 |
The first performance of Handel's 'Messiah' in Dublin in 1742 is now legendary. Gentlemen were asked to leave their swords at home and ladies to come without hoops in their skirts in order to fit more people into the audience. Why then, did this now famous and much-loved oratorio receive a somewhat cool reception in London less than a year later? Placing Handel's best-known work in the context of its times, this vivid account charts the composer's working relationship with his librettist, the gifted but demanding Charles Jennens, and looks at Handel's varied and evolving company of singers together with his royal patronage. Through examination of the composition manuscript and Handel's own conducting score, held in the Bodleian, it explores the complex issues around the performance of sacred texts in a non-sacred context, particularly Handel's collaboration with the men and boys of the Chapel Royal. The later reception and performance history of what is one of the most successful pieces of choral music of all time is also reviewed, including the festival performance attended by Haydn, the massed-choir tradition of the Victorian period and today's 'come-and-sing' events.
Author | : N. Alan Clark |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2015-12-21 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781940771335 |
Music moves through time; it is not static. In order to appreciate music wemust remember what sounds happened, and anticipate what sounds might comenext. This book takes you on a journey of music from past to present, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque Period to the 20th century and beyond!
Author | : Jane Glover |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2018-12-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1681779471 |
In 1712, a young German composer followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life. That master would become King George II and the composer was George Freidrich Handel. Handel, then still only twenty-seven and largely self-taught, would be at the heart of music activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Rinaldo and Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah. Here, Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel’s work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel’s story. It is a story of music-making and musicianship, but also of courts and cabals of theatrical rivalries and of eighteenth-century society. It is also, of course the story of some of the most remarkable music ever written, music that has been played and sung, and loved, in this country—and throughout the world—for three hundred years.
Author | : David Pogue |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2015-06-25 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1119049741 |
Haydn, Tchaikovsky, and Brahms, oh, my! The beginner's guide to classical music Classical Music For Dummies is a friendly, funny, easy-to-understand guide to composers, instruments, orchestras, concerts, recordings, and more. Classical music is widely considered one of the pinnacles of human achievement, and this informative guide will shows you just how beautiful and rewarding it can be. You'll learn how Bach is different from Beethoven, how Mozart is different still, and why not all "classical" music is actually Classical if it's really Baroque or Romantic. You'll be introduced to the composers and their work, and discover the groundbreaking pieces that shake the world every time they're played. Begin building your classical music library with the essential recordings that define orchestral, choral, and operatic beauty as you get acquainted with the orchestras and musicians that bring the composers to life. Whether you want to play classical music or just learn more about it, Classical Music For Dummies will teach you everything you need to know to get the most out of this increasingly popular genre. Distinguish flute from piccolo, violin from viola, and trumpet from trombone Learn the difference between overtures, requiems, arias, and masses Explore the composers that shaped music as we know it Discover the recordings your music library cannot be without Classical music has begun sneaking into the mainstream — if your interest has been piqued, there's never been a better time to develop an appreciation for this incredibly rich, complex, and varied body of work. Classical Music For Dummies lays the groundwork, and demonstrates just how amazing classical music can be.
Author | : Christopher Hogwood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Handel remains one of the unchallenged geniuses of musical history.Yet many revealing and fascinating aspects of his work have been obscured by generations of adulation, prejudice or misinterpretation. Christopher Hogwood takes us back to the original Handel, blending the evidence from documents of all kinds with judicious biographical observations - and with a diverting array of illustrations. The result is a comprehensive and entertaining portrait of the developing character and career of Handel, with an important concluding chapter that traces the progress of the Handel legend down to our own time.
Author | : M. T. Anderson |
Publisher | : Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2013-09-10 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0763666009 |
In this biography, the man who would later compose some of the world's most beautiful music is shown to have once been a stubborn little boy with a mind of his own.