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The Lives of George Frideric Handel
David Hunter
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Description for The Lives of George Frideric Handel
Hardback. How have Handel's 'lives' in biographies and histories moulded our understanding of the musician, the man and the icon? Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000. Num Pages: 536 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AVGC3; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1128.
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 by using Handel's life and lives as a case study. By examining the images of Handel to be found in biographies and music histories - the genius, the religious profound, the master of musical styles, the distiller into music of English sentiment, the glorifier of the Hanoverians, the hymner of ... Read more
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 by using Handel's life and lives as a case study. By examining the images of Handel to be found in biographies and music histories - the genius, the religious profound, the master of musical styles, the distiller into music of English sentiment, the glorifier of the Hanoverians, the hymner of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1135g
Number of Pages
536
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783270613
SKU
V9781783270613
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for The Lives of George Frideric Handel
At the heart of his project is an attempt to explore the gap between image and individual-in this case, between 'Handel' and Handel. Handel as image, argues Hunter, is a phenomenon that has superseded Handel the person.the care and intelligence with which Hunter interrogates the facts of Handel's life, and their use by biographers, should attract the attention of all ... Read more