Memoirs Of The Life Of The Late George Frideric Handel

1. 1
   Title Page
   0:32
2. 2
   Birth and First Adventure of the Six Year Old
   4:28
3. 3
   First Test at the Duke of Saxe-Weißenfels
   2:45
4. 4
   Decision to Foster His Musical Talent
   2:58
5. 5
   Apprenticeship in Halle with Zachau
   3:58
6. 6
   At Court in Berlin with Buononcini and Ariosti
   3:40
7. 7
   Refusal of the Kings Sponsorship
   2:41
8. 8
   The Hamburg Opera
   3:52
9. 9
   Situation at the Hamburg Opera
   1:15
10. 10
    Squabbles in Hamburg and a Commission
    3:43
11. 11
    Handel's Operas in Hamburg
    1:57
12. 12
    Contact with a Tuscan Prince
    2:39
13. 13
    Setting Out for Italy
    0:32
14. 14
    A Glance at Music in Italy and in France
    6:47
15. 15
    Florence
    1:07
16. 16
    Rodrigo
    1:03
17. 17
    Venice
    0:48
18. 18
    Agrippina
    1:46
19. 19
    Rome Encounters with Corelli
    2:35
20. 20
    Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno
    1:14
21. 21
    Encounters with Alessandro & Domenico Scarlatti
    3:00
22. 22
    At the Cardinals Colonna & Pamphilii / Attempts at Conversion / La resurrezione
    3:05
23. 23
    More of Italy
    2:55
24. 24
    Engagement at the Hanoverian Court / Visits to Halle & Düsseldorf
    4:25
25. 25
    First Journey to London / State of Music There
    3:00
26. 26
    Rinaldo and a Sketch of the Librettist Rossi
    5:10
27. 27
    Back in Hanover
    1:20
28. 28
    Second Journey to England
    1:46
29. 29
    Handel's Unwillingness to Return to Germany / The Elector of Hanover Becomes King of England
    2:05
30. 30
    Water Music
    1:22
31. 31
    Acquaintance with Lord Burlington, Pope and the Duke of Chandos
    4:35
32. 32
    To Dresden in Quest of Singers
    0:44
33. 33
    Radamisto
    2:03
34. 34
    Academy at the Haymarket Theatre
    4:57
35. 35
    Quarrels with Senesino & Cuzzoni
    4:19
36. 36
    A Company with Heidegger / New Singers from Italy / Move to Lincoln's Inn Fields
    3:08
37. 37
    Move to Covent Garden / Crisis of Self-Confidence
    4:38
38. 38
    Cure in Aachen
    1:25
39. 39
    New Attempts at the Haymarket Theatre
    3:44
40. 40
    A Turn of Attention to Oratorio
    3:02
41. 41
    Dublin (Messiah Benefit Concert)
    2:09
42. 42
    Return to London / Applause for Oratorios
    1:34
43. 43
    Messiah for the Foundling Hospital / Death
    2:03
44. 44
    Blindness / Loss of Appetite / The Character of the Man to Explain the Artist
    4:48
45. 45
    Catalog of Works Overview & General Remarks
    2:00
46. 46
    List of Works
    7:40
47. 47
    Observations on the Works
    4:48
48. 48
    Quotation with a Comparison of German and Italian Styles / Handel's Preference for the Italian
    3:31
49. 49
    Italian Music Since Palestrina
    3:45
50. 50
    Interaction Between Handel & the Italians / Handel's Particular Mastery in Choral & Sacred Music
    1:45
51. 51
    Value of Harmony and Melody in Instrumental & Vocal Music
    4:54
52. 52
    Uneven Success in Handel
    1:58
53. 53
    Tartini as Example of Vocal Writing for Instruments
    2:05
54. 54
    Importance of Textual Considerations in Composition
    2:39
55. 55
    Exceptional Nature of Handel's Choral Music Not Withstanding Pope's Criticism
    2:34
56. 56
    Effects of Handel's Oratorio Style (Messiah)
    2:15
57. 57
    Particular Effect of Recitative in Expressing Religion & Humanity
    0:55
58. 58
    Duets & Trios as Perfect Composition (Acis and Galatea)
    5:44
59. 59
    Qualities of Instrumental Music
    1:14
60. 60
    Keyboard Music
    1:07
61. 61
    Place and Significance of Religion & Humanity in Handel's Works
    1:11
62. 62
    Exemplary Character of Handel's Works
    2:54

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