Book Review
Jun. 28th, 2016 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariHandel
by Donald Burrows
This extensive biography is very well researched, covering Handel's life in great detail. The prose also flows well so that it is not a slog despite all the detail. Burrows concentrates heavily on the creation of Handel's work: where and when he wrote pieces and the circumstances and personnel for their early performances. My only complaint is that Burrows thus focuses on Handel's creative and professional life to the near exclusion of his personal or social life. There is also very little explanation of 18th century London musical life and how Handel navigated it first as an immigrant and then as a prominent composer.
by Donald Burrows
This extensive biography is very well researched, covering Handel's life in great detail. The prose also flows well so that it is not a slog despite all the detail. Burrows concentrates heavily on the creation of Handel's work: where and when he wrote pieces and the circumstances and personnel for their early performances. My only complaint is that Burrows thus focuses on Handel's creative and professional life to the near exclusion of his personal or social life. There is also very little explanation of 18th century London musical life and how Handel navigated it first as an immigrant and then as a prominent composer.
