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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 historian William Coxe was also an Anglican priest, and had travelled widely in Europe as tutor to various young noblemen on the Grand Tour. This work originated on a visit to St Petersburg, where Coxe had obtained sight of journals by Russian explorers, and also found an anonymous German work on Russian Arctic voyages between 1745 and 1770. Having checked its authenticity with the Russian authorities, he translated it to form part of this book, first published in 1780 and reissued here in its revised third edition of 1787. He also provides various journals and accounts of exploration in Siberia, Kamchatka and the American Arctic, together with information on trade between Russia and China. Readers will gain insights into a rarely considered aspect of Arctic exploration and economic exploitation.
E-books --- Aleutian Islands (Alaska) --- Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) --- Russia --- China --- Discovery and exploration --- Description and travel --- Commerce --- History
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Regional documentation --- Poland --- Russia --- Sweden --- Denmark
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Discoveries in geography --- Russian --- Islands of the Pacific --- Siberia (Russia) --- Soviet Union --- China --- Pacifique, Iles du --- History. --- Commerce
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Discoveries in geography --- Russian. --- Islands of the Pacific. --- Siberia (Russia) --- Russia --- China --- History. --- Commerce
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Switzerland. --- Switzerland --- Suisse --- Description and travel --- Descriptions et voyages
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