Hallelujah – The story of a musical genius and the city that brought his masterpiece to life (eBook)

George Frideric Handel's Messiah in Dublin

Jonathan Bardon (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
288 Seiten
Gill Books (Verlag)
978-0-7171-6355-7 (ISBN)

Infos

18 November, 1741. George Frideric Handel, one of the world's greatest composers, arrives in Dublin – the second city of the Empire – to prepare his masterpiece, Messiah, for its maiden performance the following spring …In Hallelujah, Jonathan Bardon, one of Ireland's leading historians, explores the remarkable circumstances surrounding the first performance of Handel's now iconic oratorio in Dublin, providing a panoramic view of a city in flux – at once struggling to contain the chaos unleashed by the catastrophic famine of the preceding year while striving to become a vibrant centre of European culture and commerce.Brimming with drama, curiosity and intrigue, and populated by an unforgettable cast of characters, Hallelujah tells of how one charitable performance wove itself into the fabric of Ireland's capital, changing the course of musical history and the lives of those who called the city home.

Autor

Jonathan Bardon is one of Ireland's most eminent historians. A former lecturer in History at Queen's University Belfast, he is also the author of several books now widely acknowledged as classic works of Irish historiography, including A History of Ulster (2001), The Plantation of Ulster (2011) and A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes (2008). In 2002, he was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for his services to community life in Northern Ireland.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.10.2015
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: 18th century Dublin • A History of Ulster • Charles Jennens • choral music • city of the empire • Dublin history • eighteenth century Dublin • Fishamble Street • Frideric Handel • George Frideric Handel • Gill Books • Hallelujah • Handel’s Messiah • History of Ireland in 250 Episodes • iconic music • Irish cultural history • Irish culture • Irish History • Jonathan Swift • life in historical Dublin • Messiah • Musical History • Music History • Queen’s University • religious music • St Patrick’s Cathedral • Susannah Cibber • The Plantation of Ulster
• ISBN-10: 0-7171-6355-5 / 0717163555
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7171-6355-7 / 9780717163557