The Lives of George Frideric Handel

by David Hunter and David Hunter

How have Handel's 'lives' in biographies and histories moulded our understanding of the musician, the man and the icon?

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 using Handel's life and lives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783270616
• ISBN13: 9781783270613
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 9.3" x 6.3"