Luckett explores the background and composition of Messiah--the often stormy relations between Handel and his librettist, the colorful lives and personalities of the original soloists, and the circumstances of the first performance in Dublin, 1742. Paintings, engravings, caricatures, and fascimiles.
An authority on eighteenth-century music explores the background and composition of Messiah and gives the complex subsequent history of the work. Paintings, engravings, caricatures, and facsimiles of Handel's autograph score illustrate the text. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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HANDELS MESSIAH A CELEBRATION
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Product Weight: 0.71 lbs
Author: Luckett, Richard
Publication Date: 1995-10-13
Language: English
Series: Harvest Book
Publisher: HARCOURT BRACE & CO
Dewey Decimal Classification: 782.23
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9780156001380
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