Verdi and the Germans : from unification to the Third Reich / by Kreuzer, Gundula Katharina, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Italian opera and German historiography -- Verdi's Requiem and the anxious young Kaiserreich -- Maestro to Meister : Verdi purified -- The 'Verdi renaissance' -- Verdi in the Third Reich -- Epilogue : post-war Verdi.…”

Barockstar: George Frideric Handel /

Table of Contents: “…George Frideric Handel - Superstar -- Handel in Halle -- Organ Lessons with Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow -- Opera Composer -- Journey to Italy -- Interpretation of Handel's Music -- Historical Locations: Vignanello and Vallerano -- Arrival in Rome -- Patron Ruspoli and Handel's Expenses -- A Big Hit -- Venice - City of Opera -- A Sensation: Agrippina -- First Hanover, Then London -- Italian Operas in London -- English Patrons -- The Handel House in Brook Street -- Royal Academy of Music -- Handel's Modernity -- Changes in the History of Music -- Handel's Messiah -- 'He Was a Very Good Christian' -- A Star of the Baroque Period -- Credits -- Bonus: The Organ of Vallerano - Interview tih Massimo Furnicola -- Bonus: Messiah - Interviews with Howard Arman, Christopher Hogwood, Donald Burrows -- Bonus: Handel and Ruspoli - Interview with Principessa Claudia Ruspoli -- Bonus: Handel and Hendrix - Interviews with Donald Burrows and Martin Wyatt -- Bonus: The Marriage of Handel's Parents - Interview with Bernd Hofestädt.…”
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Performing operas for Mozart : impresarios, singers and troupes / by Woodfield, Ian

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Performing operas for Mozart : impresarios, singers and troupes / by Woodfield, Ian

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The music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach / by Schulenberg, David

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