| The Life of George Frederick Handel: With an Introductory Notice by George Grove Contributor(s): Rockstro, William Smyth (Author), Grove, George (Author), Grove, George (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1108064817 ISBN-13: 9781108064811 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $58.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 780.92 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Music |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.32 lbs) 476 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |