Handel / by Edward J. Dent.
| Author/creator | Dent, Edward J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London : Duckworth, [1938, ©1934] |
| Description | 142 pages ; 19 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Great lives ; [42] |
| Contents | Birth and parentage ; Studies under Zachow at Halle ; Hamburg ; Friendship and duel with Mattheson ; Almira ; Departure for Italy -- Arrival in Italy ; Rodrigo ; Rome ; Cardinal Ottoboni and the Scarlattis ; Naples ; Venice ; Agrippina ; Appointment at Hanover ; London: Rinaldo -- Second visit to London ; Italian opera ; George I and the Water Music ; Visit to Germany ; Canons and the Duke of Chandos ; Establishment of the Royal Academy of Music -- Buononcini ; Cuzzoni, Faustina, and Senesino ; Death of George I ; The Beggar's Opera ; Collapse of the Academy -- Handel naturalized ; Partnership with Heidegger ; Esther ; The opera of the nobility ; Visit to Oxford ; Opera season at Covent Garden ; Charles Jennens ; Collapse of both opera-houses -- Bankruptcy and paralysis ; Visit to Aix-la-Chapelle ; The last operas ; Vauxhall Gardens ; Handel's "borrowings" ; Visit to Ireland ; Messiah and other oratorios -- Judas Maccabaeus ; Gluck ; Thomas Morell ; Incipient blindness ; Telemann and his garden ; Last oratorios ; Death ; Character and personality. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 141-142. |
| LCCN | 35005560 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.H13 D4 1938 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |