Illustrations
Figures
Preface
1 Germany, 1685-1706
2 Italy and Hanover, 1706-10
3 Music for Germany and Italy, 1706-10
4 London: The first decade, 1711-19
5 The music, 1711-19
6 The 'Academy' years, 1720-32
7 The music of the 'Academy years
Operas
Other works
8 The transitional decade I: Competition, 1732-7
9 The transitional decade II: Confusion, 1737-41
10 The music, 1732-41
Operas
Oratorios and odes
Church music
Instrumental music
11 The oratorio composer 1: Dublin and London, 1741-5
12 The oratorio composer II: Towards victory, 1745-9
13 The music of the 1740s
Theatre music
Other works
14 The final decade I: The last major works, 1749-51
15 The final decade II: A career completed
Appendices
A Calendar
B List of works
C Personalia
D The ruling houses of Hanover, Britain and Prussia
E A London Opera-goer in 1728
F Select bibliography
Index
Donald Burrows is a leading authority on the life and music of
George Frideric Handel. His book Handel and the English Chapel
Royal has been recognised as the first full-scale study of Handel's
English church music. His published editions of Handel's music
include the oratorios Messiah, Samson, and Belshazzar; the operas
Imeneo and Ariodante; the complete violin sonatas; and the suite
for two
harpsichords.
"Can also serve as a reference tool for Handel and his
works...Libraries with the earlier edition of this book would do
well to replace it with this current edition." --Choice
"Burrows makes a valuable contribution towards restoring the
balance...Burrows skillfully interweaves Handel's 'outward'
biography with the 'inner' one of his creative life, linking the
two aspects chronologically in irregularly alternating chapters. In
this way the reader can conveniently use the book either as
biography or as a commentary on the music...this is a considerable
achievement. Burrows's study of Handel...provides us with a deeply
informative and
well-balanced composition."--BBC Music
"A welcome addition to what has already proved itself to be an
excellent, authoritative series of musical biographies"--Classical
Music
"This book, of Handelian solidity, is worth of its subject,...The
Clarendon Press, as usual, have responded to a worthy book
worthily; production, print, and musical calligraphy are exemplary,
and the scholarly apparatus and appendices aare exhaustive but not
exhausting."--The Oldie
"A properly balanced book, with due weight given to
previously-neglected areas. It is particularly good to see Handel's
English church music being given more attention. There is an
immense amount of scholarship here, presented throughout the book
in an accessible way ... an elegantly-produced hardback, it is
outstandingly good value."--Peter Holman, The Musical Times
UNEDITED UK REVIEW: "Although precious few certain facts are known
about Handel's pre-London career, this latest biography details
them all in over 40 pages of well-reasoned narrative."--Classical
Music
"...the best single-volume book on Handel...£25.00 is very good
value for a work of this size, let alone excellence: it augers well
for the new management."--Early Music review
"Not just a 'better' book, it is the best single-volume book on
Handel ... The author has all the facts at his finger-tips, quotes
extensively from the sources ... and makes sensible remarks on the
music. There is a vast knowledge lying behind the book."--Clifford
Bartlett, Early Music Review
"Mr. Burrows writes like a specialist ...exudes authority not only
in what he puts forward but also in his prudent refusal to claim
too much...[this book] will undoubtedly prove invaluable to serious
students and useful as well to general readers."--The New York
Times
"The Master Musicians series, which provides an in-depth, and
admirably accessible survey of the lives and music of great
composers, has become something of a classic in the music biography
genre. There is a wide-ranging detailed analysis of Handel's
operatic style ... Donald Burrows' Handel is a welcome addition to
what has already proved itself to be an excellent, authoritative
series of musical biographies."--Judith Eagle, Classical
Music
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