The lives of George Frideric Handel /
To evaluate the familiar, even over-familiar, story of Handel's life could be seen as a quixotic endeavour. How can there be anything new to say? This book seeks to distinguish fact from fiction, not only to produce a new biography but also to explore the concepts of biography and dissemination...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Woodbridge, Suffolk :
The Boydell Press,
2015.
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Colección: | Music in Britain, 1600-2000 ;
13. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Editorial Conventions; Selected English-Language Biographies of Handel; Introduction; 1 The Audience: Three Broad Categories, Three Gross Errors; 2 The Audience: Partner and Problem; 3 Musicians and other Occupational Hazards; 4 Patrons and Pensions; 5 Musical Genres and Compositional Practices; 6 Self and Health; 7 Self and Friends; 8 Nations and Stories; 9 Biographers' Stories; Conclusion; Bibliography (compiled by Rose M. Mason); Index.