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Handel is one of the most remarkable figures in the history of western music. His compositions form one of the peaks of creative achievement in the Baroque period, and cover a remarkable range: full-scale Italian operas and English oratorios (including Messiah), but also shorter works such as the Water Music and the Coronation Anthem Zadok the Priest. His compositional processes were often complex, but could result in accessible and memorable 'hit tunes', such as the aria that subsequently became famous as 'Handel's Largo'.His life and career were as remarkable as his music. Born in Germany to

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The author and clergyman William Coxe (1748-1828), noted for his travel works, was the stepson of Handel's amanuensis, German-born John Christopher Smith (1712-95). First published in 1799, the present work is a valuable source of first-hand information about two men at the heart of eighteenth-century English music: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), whose inventive and sensitive melodic genius and exuberant brilliance in depicting the spectacular are best displayed in his Messiah and Zadok the Priest, and Smith, a composer of attractive and fashionable music, who settled in London in 1720, took lessons with Handel and later supported the great composer as his eyesight failed. Smith was also organist at the Foundling Hospital until 1770. This publication, profits from which were intended to support Smith's family, draws on the works of John Hawkins and Charles Burney, and on anecdotes claimed to be 'derived from unquestionable authority'.

Composers --- Operas --- Oratorios --- Handel, George Frideric, --- Smith, John Christopher, --- Schmidt, Johann Christoph, --- Smith, --- Smith, J. C. --- Smith, John Christian, --- Händel --- Händel, G. F. --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich --- Händel, Georg Frideric --- Haendel, Georges-Frédéric, --- Gendelʹ, Georg Fridrikh, --- Khendel, G. F. --- Khendel, Georg Fridrikh, --- Händel, Georg Friedrich, --- Handel, G. F. --- Haendel, G. F. --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich, --- Gendelʹ, G. F. --- Handel, Geʼorg-Fridrikh, --- Hendelis, G. F., --- Henderu, Georuku Furīdorihhi, --- Haendel, George Frideric, --- Handel, George Frederick, --- Hendel, George Frideric, --- Handel, George Fredrick, --- הנדל, --- Handel, F. G.,

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The tale of the onstage fight between prima donnas Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni is notorious, appearing in music histories to this day, but it is a fiction. Starting from this misunderstanding, The Rival Sirens suggests that the rivalry fostered between the singers in 1720s London was in large part a social construction, one conditioned by local theatrical context and audience expectations, and heightened by manipulations of plot and music. This book offers readings of operas by Handel and Bononcini as performance events, inflected by the audience's perceptions of singer persona and contemporary theatrical and cultural contexts. Through examining the case of these two women, Suzanne Aspden demonstrates that the personae of star performers, as well as their voices, were of crucial importance in determining the shape of an opera during the early part of the eighteenth century.

Handel, George Frideric --- Opera --- Operas --- Opéra --- Opéras --- Performances --- Analysis, appreciation --- Interprétations --- Analyse et appréciation --- Handel, George Frideric, --- Cuzzoni, Francesca, --- Bordoni, Faustina, --- Opéra --- Opéras --- Interprétations --- Analyse et appréciation --- Faustina, --- Hasse, Faustina, --- Bordon Hasse, Faustina, --- Bordoni Hasse, Faustina, --- Händel, G. F. --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich --- Händel, Georg Frideric --- Haendel, Georges-Frédéric, --- Gendelʹ, Georg Fridrikh, --- Khendel, G. F. --- Khendel, Georg Fridrikh, --- Händel, Georg Friedrich, --- Handel, G. F. --- Haendel, G. F. --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich, --- Gendelʹ, G. F. --- Handel, Geʼorg-Fridrikh, --- Hendelis, G. F., --- Henderu, Georuku Furīdorihhi, --- Haendel, George Frideric, --- Handel, George Frederick, --- Hendel, George Frideric, --- Handel, George Fredrick, --- הנדל, --- Handel, F. G., --- Performances. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Händel --- Opera. --- Operas (Handel, George Frideric). --- 1700-1799.

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In 1683 English court musicians and the Musical Society of London joined forces to celebrate St Cecilia's Day (22 November) with a feast and the performance of specially composed music. The most prominent composers and poets of the age wrote for these occasions, including Henry Purcell, John Blow, John Dryden and William Congreve.

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