(Music Sales America). The world-famous Novello choral edition of Handel's beautiful masterpiece. Arranged for SATB with piano part. Edited with piano reduction by Watkins Shaw.[...]

Noted musicologist's exceptionally full and detailed study of the man, his music and his times -- widely considered the standard biography. Childhood, early music training, years in London; composition of "Messiah, " other oratorios and operas; analysis of Handel's musical style and individual works[...]

The life and career of George Frideric Handel, one of the most frequently performed composers from the Baroque period, are copiously and intricately documented through a huge variety of contemporary sources. This major multi-volume publication is the most up-to-date and comprehensive collection of t[...]

Originally published in 1925, the text for this edition of Semele was compiled from the 1710 edition of Congreve's works.[...]

To evaluate the familiar, even over-familiar, story of Handel's life could be seen as a quixotic endeavour. How can there be anything new to say? This book seeks to distinguish fact from fiction, not only to produce a new biography but also to explore the concepts of biography and dissemination by u[...]