Over the last two decades a complete revolution in Handel's status has taken place. He is now seen both as a titanic figure in music, and as one of the world's favorite composers, with snatches of his work accompanying weddings, funerals, and television commercials the world over. Though unquestionably one of the greatest and best-loved of all composers, George Frideric Handel (16851759) had received little attention from biographers before Jonathan Keates s masterfulbiography" "appeared in 1985. This fully updated and expanded edition charts in detail Handel s life, from his youth in...
Over the last two decades a complete revolution in Handel's status has taken place. He is now seen both as a titanic figure in music, and as one of th...
