Handel, Revised Edition by Christopher Hogwood
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Book Summary Author: Christopher Hogwood Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2007-07-30 ISBN: 0500286817 Number of pages: 312 Publisher: Thames & Hudson |
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Book Reviews of the Handel, Revised Edition
Customer Review: Barebones Handel
Summary: 3 Stars
Christopher Hogwood's biography of Handel is a good starting place for readers who want to know the basics. The main events of Handel's life are set forth clearly and judiciously, as in the Grove Dictionary, and Hogwood makes sensible judgments about the music, something he is in an excellnt position to do. On the other hand, not much emerges about Handel the man and the milieu in which he lived and worked. Handel was a fascinating and complex character and the epoch in which he lived was in many ways the apex of a way of life that began to change radically not long after his demise. Some studies have appeared, but the synthesis is not there yet. Perhaps Hogwood should write another volume.