George Frideric Handel : a life with friends
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- ISBN: 9780393088953 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0393088952 (hbk.)
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xxi, 472 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-409), discography (pages 381-387) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introductions : Handel and his friends -- Before London -- Politics, patronage, and pension -- Commerce and trade -- Music at home -- Marriage, wealth, and social status -- Ambition, law, and friendship -- Making and collecting -- Religion and charity -- Sickness and death -- Wills and legacies. |
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Subject: | Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759 Composers Biography |
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George Frideric Handel : A Life with Friends
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Table of Contents
George Frideric Handel : A Life with Friends
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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List of Illustrations | p. ix | |
Dramatis Personæ | p. xiii | |
Prefatory Note | p. xxi | |
1 | Introductions: Handel and His Friends | p. 1 |
2 | Before London: (1685-1710: German training, Italian sojourn, arrival in England) | p. 17 |
3 | Politics, Patronage, and Pension: (1710-1727: Birthday Ode for Queen Anne to Riccardo primo for George II) | p. 37 |
4 | Commerce and Trade: (1711-1730: Rinaldo to end of Royal Academy) | p. 77 |
5 | Music at Home: (1715-1730: Chamber music and keyboard works, private concerts, publications) | p. 115 |
6 | Marriage, Wealth, and Social Status: (1728-1741: The "second" Academy to the last opera, Deidamia) | p. 151 |
7 | Ambition, Law, and Friendship: (1738-1749: Saul, Samson, Belshazzar, Susanna, Solomon) | p. 189 |
8 | Making and Collecting: (1738-1750: Roubiliac sculpture of Handel, Alexander's Feast, concertos, collecting) | p. 227 |
9 | Religion and Charity: (1739-1750: A look back at Esther, then Israel in Egypt, Messiah, Judas Maccabaeus, Theodora) | p. 265 |
10 | Sickness and Death: (1737-1759: First "paralytic attack," a look back to Admeto, then madness in Saul and Hercules, and Jephtha to The Triumph of Time and Truth) | p. 301 |
11 | Wills and Legacies | p. 341 |
Appendix 1 | Currency, Living Costs, Wages, and Fees | p. 373 |
Appendix 2 | A Very Select Discography | p. 381 |
Acknowledgments | p. 389 | |
Select Bibliography | p. 391 | |
Notes | p. 411 | |
Index | p. 455 |