Handel in London: The Making of a Genius (Paperback)

Handel in London: The Making of a Genius (Paperback)

Jane Glover tells the story of a young German composer who, in 1712, followed his master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life. That master would become King George II and the composer was George Frideric Handel.

Handel, then still only twenty-seven and largely self-taught, would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo and Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah.

Here, Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel’s work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel’s story. It is a story of music-making and musicianship, of practices and practicalities, but also of courts and cabals, of theatrical rivalries and of eighteenth-century society. It is also, of course, the story of some of the most remarkable music ever written, music that has been played and sung, and loved, in this country – and throughout the world – for three hundred years.

Also available:

Cambridge Companion to Handel

Handel's Messiah and His English Oratorios: A Closer Look

Messiah: Understanding and Performing Handel's Masterpiece

Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times that made Handel's Messiah

Handel (Master Musicians Series)

Alternatively:

Vocal score New Novello ed. Watkins shaw, Old Novello ed. Prout, Barenreiter in English or English/German, OUP, Peters

OUP Full score, ed. Bartlett, Dover Full score

Barenreiter Facisimile, Study score, Full score hardback, Full score paperback