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Author: Edward J. Dent ISBN: 1230000127973
Publisher: VolumesOfValue Publication: April 26, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Edward J. Dent
ISBN: 1230000127973
Publisher: VolumesOfValue
Publication: April 26, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

This edition features a linked Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Chronology

Chapter I
Birth and parentage — studies under Zachow at Halle — Hamburg — friendship and
duel with Mattheson — Almira — departure for Italy.
Chapter II
Arrival in Italy — Rodrigo — Rome: Cardinal Ottoboni and the
Scarlattis — Naples: Venice: Agrippina — appointment at Hanover — London:
Rinaldo.
Chapter III
Second visit to London — Italian opera — George I and the Water
Music — visit to Germany — Canons and the Duke of Chandos — establishment of
the Royal Academy of Music.
Chapter IV
Buononcini — Cuzzoni, Faustina, and Senesino — death of George I — The
Beggar’s Opera — collapse of the Academy.
Chapter V
Handel naturalized — partnership with Heidegger — Esther — the Opera of
the Nobility — visit to Oxford — opera season at Covent Garden — Charles
Jennens — collapse of both opera-houses.
Chapter VI
Bankruptcy and paralysis — visit to Aix-la-Chapelle — the last
operas — Vauxhall Gardens — Handel’s “borrowings” — visit to
Ireland — Messiah and other oratorios.
Chapter VII
Judas Maccabaeus — Gluck — Thomas Morell — incipient blindness — Telemann and
his garden — last oratorios — death — character and personality.

Bibliography
Handel’s Works

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This edition features a linked Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Chronology

Chapter I
Birth and parentage — studies under Zachow at Halle — Hamburg — friendship and
duel with Mattheson — Almira — departure for Italy.
Chapter II
Arrival in Italy — Rodrigo — Rome: Cardinal Ottoboni and the
Scarlattis — Naples: Venice: Agrippina — appointment at Hanover — London:
Rinaldo.
Chapter III
Second visit to London — Italian opera — George I and the Water
Music — visit to Germany — Canons and the Duke of Chandos — establishment of
the Royal Academy of Music.
Chapter IV
Buononcini — Cuzzoni, Faustina, and Senesino — death of George I — The
Beggar’s Opera — collapse of the Academy.
Chapter V
Handel naturalized — partnership with Heidegger — Esther — the Opera of
the Nobility — visit to Oxford — opera season at Covent Garden — Charles
Jennens — collapse of both opera-houses.
Chapter VI
Bankruptcy and paralysis — visit to Aix-la-Chapelle — the last
operas — Vauxhall Gardens — Handel’s “borrowings” — visit to
Ireland — Messiah and other oratorios.
Chapter VII
Judas Maccabaeus — Gluck — Thomas Morell — incipient blindness — Telemann and
his garden — last oratorios — death — character and personality.

Bibliography
Handel’s Works

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