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Hallelujah : the story of a musical genius and the city that brought his masterpiece to life
- Title
- Hallelujah : the story of a musical genius and the city that brought his masterpiece to life / Jonathan Bardon.
- Author
- Bardon, Jonathan, 1941-
- Publication
- Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, ©2015.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JME 16-317 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Description
- 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index.
- Contents
- 'Year of the slaughter' : a grim prologue -- Handel, the German creator of the English oratorio -- Charles Jennens, Messiah's librettist -- Music in Dublin -- Significant encounters : 'an acquaintance among the wits' -- The Duke of Devonshire returns -- 'To th'Hibernian shore' -- Susannah Cibber's rocky road to Dublin -- 'I remember no such license' : Swift refuses his choir -- 'A species of musick different from any other' : the first performance of Messiah -- London's initial verdict : 'what a profanation of God's name and word is this?' -- Messiah secured for posterity -- 'An idea of heaven, where everybody is to sing' -- Appendices. The Messiah word-book ; How did Fishamble Street get its name?
- Call Number
- JME 16-317
- ISBN
- 0717163547
- 9780717163540
- LCCN
- 2015514822
- OCLC
- 921184388
- Author
- Bardon, Jonathan, 1941-
- Title
- Hallelujah : the story of a musical genius and the city that brought his masterpiece to life / Jonathan Bardon.
- Imprint
- Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, ©2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700 - 1799
- Research Call Number
- JME 16-317