Jonathan Keates: 3 books
Handel
The Man & His Music
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2009
Jonathan Keates original biography of Handel was hailed as a masterpiece on its publication in 1985. This fully revised and updated new edition - published to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composers death - charts in detail Handel's life, from his youth in Germany, through his brilliantly...
William III & Mary II (Penguin Monarchs)
Partners in Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the course of the entire country's history, coming to power through a coup (which involved Mary betraying her own father), reestablishing parliament on a new footing and, through commiting Britain to fighting...
Messiah
The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
From Handel's renowned biographer, the story of one of the most celebrated compositions of Western classical music, Handel's famous oratorio, Messiah
In the late summer of 1741, George Friderick Handel, composed an oratorio set to words from the King James Bible, rich in tuneful arias and magnificent...