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Memoirs Of The Life Of The Late George Frederic Handel
read by Richard Wistreich
What moved John Mainwaring to puplish his biography of George Frederic Handel anonymously? Little did the author know, when his small octavo volume appeared in 1760 in London, that it was the first Western biography of a musician ever to be puplished.
A workaholic, a gourmet addicted to immoderate culinary enjoyment that Mainwaring felt obliged to defend - such is the image of Handel we may derive from the Englishman's writings. At the same time, his biography fulfils both literary and musicological demands in its description of a life and its commentary on the works; a treasure in the genre of the 18th century memoir and still a welcome vademecum for every Handel lover today.
Contents:
• 3 CD audiobook (ca. 175 minutes)
• 2 Bonus CD music (ca. 121 minutes)
• pdf of the original book
ORF-CD739
Disc 01
Memoirs Of The Life Of The Late George Frederic Handel
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Apprenticeship in Halle with Zachau
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At court in Berlin with Buononcini and Ariosti
Refusal of the King's sponsorship
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Situation at the Hamburg opera
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Squabbles in Hamburg and a commission
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Handel's operas in Hamburg
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Distancing from Hamburg
Contact with a Tuscan Prince
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Setting out for Italy and a glance at music there and in France
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Rome - Encounters with Corelli
"Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno"
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Encounters with Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti
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At the Cardinals Colonna and Pamphilii
Attempts at conversion - "La Resurrezione"
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More of Italy, inter alia Naples
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Engagement at the Hanoverian court
Visits to Halle and Düsseldorf
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First journey to London - State of music there
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"Rinaldo" and a sketch of the librettist Rossi
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Second journey to England
Disc 02
Memoirs Of The Life Of The Late George Frederic Handel
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To Dresden in quest of singers - "Radamisto"
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"Academy" at the Haymarket theatre
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Quarrels with Senesino and Cuzzoni
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A company with Heidegger
New singers from Italy - Move to Lincoln's Inn Fields
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Move to Covent Garden - Crisis of self-confidence
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New attempts at the Haymarket theatre
A turn of attention to oratorio
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In Dublin - "Messiah" as benefit concert
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Return to London - Applause for oratorios
"Messiah" for the Foundling Hospital - Death
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Blindness - Loss of appetite
The character of the man to explain the artist
Catalogue of the works
Observations on the works
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Quotation with a comparison of German and Italian styles - Handel's preference for the Italian
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Italian music since Palestrina
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Interaction between Handel and the Italians
Handel's particular mastery in choral and sacred music
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Value of harmony and melody in instrumental and vocal music
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Uneven success in Handel
Disc 03
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Exceptional nature of Handel's choral music notwithstanding Pope's criticism
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Effects of Handel's oratorio style - "Messiah"
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Particular effect of recitative in expressing religion and humanity
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Duets and trios - "Acis and Galatea" as perfect composition
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Qualities of instrumental music
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Place and significance of religion and humanity in Handel's works
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Exemplary character of Handel's works
Bestellnr.: 2012890
