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Handel remains one of the unchallenged geniuses of musical history. Yet many revealing and fascinating aspects of his work have been obscured by generations of adulation, prejudice or misinterpretation. Christopher Hogwood takes us back to the original Handel, blending the evidence from documents of all kinds with judicious biographical observations and with a diverting array of illustrations. The result is a comprehensive and entertaining portrait of the developing character and career of Handel, with an important concluding chapter that traces the progress of the Handel legend down to our own time.
| ISBN | 0500286817 | | Pages | 324 | | ISBN13 | 9780500286814
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 670 | | Imprint | Thames & Hudson Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 21 May 2007 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | DEWEY | 780.92 | | Spine width (mm) | 30 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | Map | | 6 | | | | Preface | | 7 | | 1 | | Halle and Hamburg (1685-1706) | | 1 | | 2 | | The Italian Years (1706-10) | | 30 | | 3 | | London: the Heyday of Opera (1710-28) | | 49 | | 4 | | London: the Decline of Opera (1729-37) | | 90 | | 5 | | London: the Oratorios (1737- 59) | | 140 | | 6 | | Handel and Posterity | | 232 | | | | Afterword | | 277 | | | | Chronological Table | | 286 | | | | Select Bibliography | | 304 | | | | Select Bibliography Since 1985 | | 308 | | | | List of Illustrations | | 310 | | | | Index | | 313 |
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