MAINWARING, J: Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Frideric Handel.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Mainwaring, John, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2020.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Frideric Handel ( 32 sec. )

Birth and first adventure of the six year-old ( 04 min., 28 sec. )

First test at the Duke of Saxe-Weißenfels ( 02 min., 45 sec. )

Decision to foster his musical talent ( 02 min., 58 sec. )

Apprenticeship in Halle with Zachau ( 03 min., 58 sec. )

At court in Berlin with Buononcini and Ariosti ( 03 min., 40 sec. )

Refusal of the Kings sponsorship ( 02 min., 41 sec. )

The Hamburg opera ( 03 min., 52 sec. )

Situation at the Hamburg opera ( 01 min., 15 sec. )

Squabbles in Hamburg and a commission ( 03 min., 43 sec. )

Handel's operas in Hamburg ( 01 min., 57 sec. )

Contact with a Tuscan Prince ( 02 min., 39 sec. )

Setting out for Italy ( 32 sec. )

A glance at music in Italy and in France ( 06 min., 47 sec. )

Florence ( 01 min., 07 sec. )

"Rodrigo" ( 01 min., 03 sec. )

Venice ( 48 sec. )

"Agrippina" ( 01 min., 46 sec. )

Rome encounters with Corelli ( 02 min., 35 sec. )

"Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno" ( 01 min., 14 sec. )

Encounters with Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti ( 03 min. )

At the Cardinals Colonna and Pamphilii - Attempts at conversion - "La Resurrezione" ( 03 min., 05 sec. )

More of Italy, inter alia Naples ( 02 min., 55 sec. )

Engagement at the Hanoverian court - Visits to Halle and Düsseldorf ( 04 min., 25 sec. )

First journey to London - State of music there ( 03 min. )

"Rinaldo" and a sketch of the librettist Rossi ( 05 min., 10 sec. )

Back in Hanover ( 01 min., 20 sec. )

Secound journey to England ( 01 min., 46 sec. )

Handel's unwillingness to return to Germany - The Elector of Hanover becomes King of England ( 02 min., 05 sec. )

"Water Music" ( 01 min., 22 sec. )

Acquaintance with Lord Burlington, Pope and the Duke of Chandos ( 04 min., 35 sec. )

To Dresden in quest of singers ( 44 sec. )

"Radamisto" ( 02 min., 03 sec. )

"Academy" at the Haymarket Theatre ( 04 min., 57 sec. )

Quarrels with Senesino and Cuzzoni ( 04 min., 19 sec. )

A company with Heidegger - New singers from Italy - Move to Lincoln's Inn Fields ( 03 min., 08 sec. )

Move to Covent Garden - Crisis of self-confidence ( 04 min., 38 sec. )

Cure in Aachen ( 01 min., 25 sec. )

New attempts at the Haymarket Theatre ( 03 min., 44 sec. )

A turn of attention to Oratorio ( 03 min., 02 sec. )

In Dublin: "Messiah" as benefit concert ( 02 min., 09 sec. )

Return to London - Applause for Oratorios ( 01 min., 34 sec. )

"Messiah" for the Foundling Hospital - Death ( 02 min., 03 sec. )

Blindness - Loss of appetite - The character of the man to explain the artist ( 04 min., 48 sec. )

Catalogue of the works: Overview and general remarks ( 02 min. )

List of works ( 07 min., 40 sec. )

Observations on the works General rules and scientific principles - Invention and taste together with their application in ( 04 min., 48 sec. )

Quotation with a comparison of German and Italian styles - Handel's preference for the Italian ( 03 min., 31 sec. )

Italian music since Palestrina ( 03 min., 45 sec. )

Interaction between Handel and the Italians - Handel's particular mastery in choral and sacred music ( 01 min., 45 sec. )

Value of harmony and melody in instrumental and vocal music ( 04 min., 54 sec. )

Uneven success in Handel ( 01 min., 58 sec. )

Tartini as example of vocal writing for instruments ( 02 min., 05 sec. )

Importance of textual considerations in composition ( 02 min., 39 sec. )

Exceptional nature of Handel's choral music notwithstanding Pope's criticism ( 02 min., 34 sec. )

Effects of Handel's oratorio style - "Messiah" ( 02 min., 15 sec. )

Particular effect of recitative in expressing religion and humanity ( 55 sec. )

Duets and trios - "Acis and Galatea" as perfect composition ( 05 min., 44 sec. )

Qualities of instrumental music ( 01 min., 14 sec. )

Keyboard music ( 01 min., 07 sec. )

Place and significance of religion and humanity in Handel's works ( 01 minutes, 11 sec. )

Exemplary character of Handel's works ( 02 minches, 54 sec. )

Participant:

Wistreich, Richard, Reader -- Mainwaring, John, Author

Notes:

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Publisher Number:

4260307431990

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