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The Making Of Handel S Messiah
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Author : Andrew Gant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
The Making Of Handel S Messiah written by Andrew Gant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Composers categories.
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.
Handel In London
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Author : Jane Glover
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2018-09-25
Handel In London written by Jane Glover and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'How refreshing, to read a book about music written for a music lover and not a musicologist. In clear, lucid, entertaining prose, Jane Glover makes those of us who lack musical literacy better understand and appreciate Handel’s divinity.' - Donna Leon, author of Handel's Bestiary and the Inspector Brunetti mysteries. Handel in London tells the story of a young German composer who in 1712, 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 Frideric Handel. Handel, then still only twenty-seven and largely self-taught, would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Giulio Cesare, 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, of practices and practicalities, 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.
Every Valley
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Author : Charles King
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2024-10-29
Every Valley written by Charles King and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From New York Times bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Charles King, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel’s Messiah George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is arguably the greatest piece of participatory art ever created. Adored by millions, it is performed each year by renowned choirs and orchestras, as well as by audiences singing along with the words on their cell phones. But this work of triumphant joy was born in a worried age. Britain in the early Enlightenment was a time of astonishing creativity but also of war, enslavement, and conflicts over everything from the legitimacy of government to the meaning of truth. Against this turbulent background, prize-winning author Charles King has crafted a cinematic drama of the troubled lives that shaped a masterpiece of hope. Every Valley presents a depressive dissenter stirred to action by an ancient prophecy; an actress plagued by an abusive husband and public scorn; an Atlantic sea captain and penniless philanthropist; and an African Muslim man held captive in the American colonies and hatching a dangerous plan for getting back home. At center stage is Handel himself, composer to kings but, at midlife, in ill health and straining to keep an audience’s attention. Set amid royal intrigue, theater scandals, and political conspiracy, Every Valley is entertaining, inspiring, unforgettable.
Handel S Messiah
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Author : Jens Peter Larsen
language : en
Publisher: London : A. & C. Black
Release Date : 1957
Handel S Messiah written by Jens Peter Larsen and has been published by London : A. & C. Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Composers categories.
This monograph, translated from the original Danish, concentrates on the plan and execution of 'Messiah', its singers and performances, manuscripts and editions, and aesthetics.
Every Valley
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Author : Charles King
language : en
Publisher: Bodley Head Childrens
Release Date : 2024-11-07
Every Valley written by Charles King and has been published by Bodley Head Childrens this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-11-07 with History categories.
Every Valley tells the extraordinary story behind the creation of one of the greatest pieces of music ever written - a cinematic and moving drama of entangled lives at a pivotal moment in history. London, 1741. An actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband. A penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the city's abandoned infants. An African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity. A grieving political dissident seeks release from his torment. And a great composer to kings - George Frideric Handel - now ill and straining to keep an audience's attention, faces a decision that will secure his place in history. Evoking a pivotal moment at the birth of modernity, a time of fear, conspiracy and uprising, and featuring some of the most unusual and brilliant personalities of the eighteenth century, Every Valley tells the story behind the creation of Handel's Messiah: a cinematic and moving drama of hope in the darkness and the entangled lives that shaped a masterpiece. 'A mesmerizing journey of musical genius. There is only one Handel, and only one Messiah, and to understand how each was created is to become immersed in one of the most fascinating and creative moments in human history' AMANDA FOREMAN 'A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty and adventure. Unforgettable' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE 'A book of power and glory, brimming with emotion and dazzling in its reach' STACY SCHIFF
The Making Of The Messiah
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Author : Robert John Faser
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Making Of The Messiah written by Robert John Faser and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Advent categories.
Messiah
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Author : Jonathan Keates
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-10-06
Messiah written by Jonathan Keates and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-06 with Music categories.
In 1741, in just 24 days, the German-born, British-naturalized composer George Frideric Handel wrote an oratorio rich in tuneful arias and choruses of robust grandeur. Coolly received in London at first, after Handel's death Messiah enjoyed an extraordinary surge in popularity: it was performed at festivals across England; other composers rushed to rearrange it; it would be commercially recorded on more than 100 occasions. Jonathan Keates tells the story of the composition and musical afterlife of Handel's masterpiece: he considers the first performances and its place in Handel's output; he looks at the oratorio itself and its relationship with spirituality in the age of the Enlightenment; and he examines why Messiah became such an essential element in the national culture of Britain. Illustrated with beautiful images, including the original score of the work, Messiah is a richly informative and affectionate celebration of a high-point of Britain's Georgian golden age.
Hallelujah
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Author : Cindy Rollins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-10-15
Hallelujah written by Cindy Rollins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-15 with categories.
A handbook for families looking to celebrate Advent.
A Textual And Historical Companion To Handel S Messiah
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Author : Watkins Shaw
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
A Textual And Historical Companion To Handel S Messiah written by Watkins Shaw and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with categories.
George Frideric Handel A Life With Friends
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Author : Ellen T. Harris
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2014-09-29
George Frideric Handel A Life With Friends written by Ellen T. Harris and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-29 with Music categories.
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.