Jane Glover

Handel in London (eBook, ePUB)

The Making of a Genius

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'How refreshing, to read a book about music written for a music lover and not a musicologist. In clear, lucid, entertaining prose, Jane Glover makes those of us who lack musical literacy better understand and appreciate Handel's divinity.' - Donna Leon, author of Handel's Bestiary and the Inspector Brunetti mysteries.

Handel in London tells the story of a young German composer who in 1712, followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life. That master would become King George II and the composer was George Frideric Handel.

Handel, then still only twenty-seven and largely self-taught, would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo and Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah.

Here, Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel's work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel's story. It is a story of music-making and musicianship, of practices and practicalities, but also of courts and cabals, of theatrical rivalries and of eighteenth-century society. It is also, of course, the story of some of the most remarkable music ever written, music that has been played and sung, and loved, in this country - and throughout the world - for three hundred years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509882076
• Artikelnr.: 53984594

Autorenporträt

In Jane Glover's long and hugely successful career as a conductor, she has been Music Director of the Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Artistic Director of The London Mozart Players, and, since 2002, is Music Director of Chicago's Music of the Baroque. She has conducted concerts and operas in Britain, the United States of America and across the world, and is especially known for her interpretations of Mozart. She is a regular broadcaster, with highlights including a television series on Mozart. She is also the author of Mozart's Women and Handel in London. She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in the 2021 New Year's Honours. She lives in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Section
i: List of Illustrations Section
ii: Foreword Section
iii: Author's Note Section
iv: Preface Chapter
1: EARLY YEARS 'An infant rais'd by thy command' [Saul] Chapter
2: LONDON, 1710 'Populous cities please me then' [L'Allegro] Chapter
3: THE FINAL STUART YEARS 'Cease, ruler of the day, to rise' [Hercules] Chapter
4: HANOVER IN LONDON 'From mighty kings he took the spoil' [Judas Maccabaeus] Chapter
5: THE LAUNCH OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY 'Music, spread thy voice around' [Solomon] Chapter
6: THE FORTUNES OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY 'Ah! think what ills the jealous prove' [Hercules] Chapter
7: NEW BEGINNINGS 'Now a different measure try' [Solomon] Chapter
8: NEW ENDINGS 'Toss'd from thought to thought I rove' [Alexander Balus] Chapter
9: DEFIANCE 'All danger disdaining' [Deborah] Chapter
10: RECOVERY AND REINVENTION 'Strange reverse of human fate' [Alexander Balus] Chapter
11: 'Hallelujah' Chapter
12: WINDING DOWN 'Great in wisdom, great in glory' [Judas Maccabaeus] Chapter
13: THE FINAL ACT 'With honour let desert be crown'd' [Judas Maccabaeus] Section
v: Afterword Acknowledgements
vi: Acknowledgements Section
vii: Bibliography Section
viii: Notes Index
ix: Index