Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Editorial Conventions
- Selected English-Language Biographies of Handel
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Audience: Three Broad Categories, Three Gross Errors
- Chapter 2 The Audience: Partner and Problem
- Chapter 3 Musicians and other Occupational Hazards
- Chapter 4 Patrons and Pensions
- Chapter 5 Musical Genres and Compositional Practices
- Chapter 6 Self and Health
- Chapter 7 Self and Friends
- Chapter 8 Nations and Stories
- Chapter 9 Biographers’ Stories
- Conclusion
- Bibliography (compiled by Rose M. Mason)
- Index
- Music in Britain, 1600–2000
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Editorial Conventions
- Selected English-Language Biographies of Handel
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Audience: Three Broad Categories, Three Gross Errors
- Chapter 2 The Audience: Partner and Problem
- Chapter 3 Musicians and other Occupational Hazards
- Chapter 4 Patrons and Pensions
- Chapter 5 Musical Genres and Compositional Practices
- Chapter 6 Self and Health
- Chapter 7 Self and Friends
- Chapter 8 Nations and Stories
- Chapter 9 Biographers’ Stories
- Conclusion
- Bibliography (compiled by Rose M. Mason)
- Index
- Music in Britain, 1600–2000
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- The Lives of George Frideric Handel , pp. ix - xPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2015