Listening to Handel: An Owner's Manual
- ISBN-10
- 1574674870
- ISBN-13
- 9781574674873
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Amadeus Press
- Author
- David Hurwitz
Description
This book takes the listener through Handel's entire output, from his earliest works in Italy, through his more than 40 operas, and including the famous English oratorios Along the way it examines his orchestral music, the pieces he wrote for England's lavish royal ceremonies, and his surprisingly limited production of sacred music.
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