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Messiah

Messiah

The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece

by Jonathan Keates
Hardback
Publication Date: 24/10/2017
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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 choruses. Jonathan Keates recounts the history and afterlife of Messiah, one of the best-loved works in the classical repertoire. He relates the composition's first performances and its relationship with spirituality in the age of the Enlightenment, and examines how Messiah, after Handel's death, became an essential component of our musical canon.

An authoritative and affectionate celebration of the high-point of the Georgian golden age of music, Messiah is essential reading for lovers of classical music.

ISBN:
9781541697355
9781541697355
Category:
Western "classical" music
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
24-10-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Basic Books
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
196.85x137.16x19.05mm
Weight:
0.25kg
Jonathan Keates

Jonathan Keates is a distinguished and prize-winning biographer, novelist and travel writer, and author of lives of the composers Handel (1985) and Purcell (1995).

He is chairman of the Venice in Peril fund.

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Christianity Sacred & religious music Western "classical" music Opera Individual composers & musicians Choral music British & Irish history Music European history
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