Newman Flower, HANDEL.His Personality and His Times, Panther 1959[storia MUSICA]

Newman Flower,
HANDEL. His Personality and His Times,
Panther, Great Britain 1959,
brossura, 18x11x2 cm., pp.383,
testo in lingua inglese,
peso: g.241

cod.0104

CONDIZIONI DEL LIBRO:
esemplare in buone condizioni generali,
copertina leggermente sciupata,
tracce di umidità nelle prime e ultime pagine



CONTENTS
BOOK I MORNING
I Of Some Relations 17
II The Halle Days 33
III The Hamburg Adventure?1703-1705 57
IV The Italian Journey 74 V The First Visit to London 96
VI The Last Days of Anne 107
VII The 'Water Music', and a Journey Abroad 114
VIII Cannons 127
BOOK II NOON
IX The Coming of Bononcini 145
X Anxious Days at the Academy 156
XI The Great Quarrel 165
XII The Fall of the Academy 174
XIII The Partnership with Heidegger 182
XIV The Birth of Oratorio 193
XV The Visit to Oxford 203
XVI The Crash 221
XVII The Death of the Queen 239
XVIII 'As Some Lone Ship' 245
XIX The Last Operas 261
XX Messiah 269
XXI The Return to London 278
XXII The Second Failure 285
XXIII The Tide Turns 293
XXIV The 'Firework Music' and the Foundling Hospital 304
BOOK III EVENING
XXV The Years of Blindness 319
XXVI Night in the Hills 329
Appendix 337
Bibliography 344
Index 369