Companion Guide to the Shakespeare Country

Travel

Jonathan Keates

Europe

Prentice-Hall.Inc.

Smile Please

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Vintage Books

Hungry Minds Inc.U.S.

The Strangers' Gallery

Hamish Hamilton

A chronological history of Italy which explains how this country not only became the world's first great empire but also spawned the cultural resurgence of the Renaissance.

The Timeline History of Italy

History

Barnes&Nobles

Canterbury Cathedral

World

Scala Books / Philip Wilson

Philip Wilson/Scala

Aside from a very small ripple in the upper RH edge of the pages, this book is in perfect condition inside and out.

Scala Publishers, Ltd.

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.

Messiah: The Landmark Library

Arts & Photography

Music

Head of Zeus

In 1741, in just 24 days, the German-born, British-naturalized composer George Frideric Handel wrote an oratorio rich in tuneful arias and choruses of robust grandeur. Coolly received in London at first, after Handel's death Messiah enjoyed an extraordinary surge in popularity: it was performed at festivals across England; other composers rushed to rearrange it; it would be commercially recorded on more than 100 occasions. 
Jonathan Keates tells the story of the composition and musical afterlife of Handel's masterpiece: he considers the first performances and its place in Handel's output; he looks at the oratorio itself and its relationship with spirituality in the age of the Enlightenment; and he examines why Messiah became such an essential element in the national culture of Britain. 
Illustrated with beautiful images, including the original score of the work, Messiah is a richly informative and affectionate celebration of a high-point of Britain's Georgian golden age.

Messiah (The Landmark Library)

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