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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	Oktober 2016
Genre:	Musik
	Art music, orchestral and formal music / baroque / Classical style / HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837) / MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical / Non Fiction / Social & cultural history
ISBN:	9781784974008
EAN-Code:	9781784974008
Verlag:	Head Of Zeus
Einband:	Gebunden
Sprache:	English
Serie:	The Landmark Library
Dimensionen:	H 185 mm / B 185 mm / D 23 mm
Gewicht:	532 gr
Seiten:	224
Illustration:	40 col illus
Zus. Info:	Hardback
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Inhalt:

In 1741, in just 24 days, the German-born, British-naturalized composer George Frideric Handel wrote an oratorio rich in tuneful arias and choruses of robust grandeur. Coolly received in London at first, after Handel's death Messiah enjoyed an extraordinary surge in popularity: it was performed at festivals across England; other composers rushed to rearrange it; it would be commercially recorded on more than 100 occasions. Jonathan Keates tells the story of the composition and musical afterlife of Handel's masterpiece: he considers the first performances and its place in Handel's output; he looks at the oratorio itself and its relationship with spirituality in the age of the Enlightenment; and he examines why Messiah became such an essential element in the national culture of Britain. Illustrated with beautiful images, including the original score of the work, Messiah is a richly informative and affectionate celebration of a high-point of Britain's Georgian golden age.