Fully revised, expanded and updated edition of Jonathan Keates' magisterial 1985 biography of one of the world's favourite composers.
Jonathan Keates is a prizewinning biographer and novelist, well known as a reviewer and as a writer on Italian culture and history. He teaches at the City of London School and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Readers cannot go wrong if they choose Keates's account, which is
always thoughtful and well-informed, and simmers with an unashamed
passion for the music itself
*Sunday Telegraph*
An 18th-century mix of pleasure and instruction... As well as
having magisterial critical judgements, this is a book rich in dry
humour and telling anecdote
*Spectator*
The music is the thing and Keates gives it full volume
*The Times*
Keates appraises his works with passionate scrutiny, capturing
superbly the increasing solitude of Handel's English years
*Sunday Times*
This expanded edition of a book Keates published 23 years ago takes
in a wealth of new knowledge, and combines biographical and
musicological analysis in a way that will appeal both to the
general reader and the aficionado... With its astute commentaries
on the operas, this book makes a brilliantly lucid guide to
Handel's evolving art
*Independent*
This portrait of the German composer interweaves biographical details with commentary on his immenseoeuvre. (Jan.)
Readers cannot go wrong if they choose Keates's account, which is
always thoughtful and well-informed, and simmers with an unashamed
passion for the music itself * Sunday Telegraph *
An 18th-century mix of pleasure and instruction... As well as
having magisterial critical judgements, this is a book rich in dry
humour and telling anecdote * Spectator *
The music is the thing and Keates gives it full volume * The Times
*
Keates appraises his works with passionate scrutiny, capturing
superbly the increasing solitude of Handel's English years * Sunday
Times *
This expanded edition of a book Keates published 23 years ago takes
in a wealth of new knowledge, and combines biographical and
musicological analysis in a way that will appeal both to the
general reader and the aficionado... With its astute commentaries
on the operas, this book makes a brilliantly lucid guide to
Handel's evolving art * Independent *
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