Handel in London : The Making of a Genius (Hardcover)

from danhammang

Interesting, notably since Glover's perspective as a person deeply steeped in the world of music generally and in the symphony in particular, adds a layer that an historical account alone could not reach. The historical account alone would be perhaps, enough on its own standing on excellent resea...

from danhammang

Interesting, notably since Glover's perspective as a person deeply steeped in the world of music generally and in the symphony in particular, adds a layer that an historical account alone could not reach. The historical account alone would be perhaps, enough on its own standing on excellent resea...

from DavidWineberg

Handel in London is a showbiz tour of the 1700s, far more than a biography. Jane Glover has filled a book with details of operas and concerts and especially their stars. Readers get profiles and the inside poop on endless Italian singers, English impresarios, and of course all the trashy goings o...

from Eyejaybee

I found this a delightful book. I bought it more on less on a whim, seeing it on display in Daunt Books and succumbing, as I invariably do in those august surroundings, to impulse. I have often had my fingers burned that way, but on this occasion, I earned a rich reward/ I remember as an elven ye...