September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
A product of classical music’s Baroque period, Handel was born in Germany and eventually settled in England. While his father wanted him to be a lawyer, Handel’s early aptitude for music dictated another path. His first love was opera, which led him to Italy as a young adult, where he gained acclaim as an operatic composer. His relocation to London likely had political underpinnings; he was sent there in the employ of a German elector who later became King George I of England.1
Handel’s first London opera, Rinaldo, was a great success, and from that ...
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