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Tag: Handel News 69 – May 2017

Posted on May 1, 2017January 6, 2019

Zum Gelben Hirsch: Handel’s Father and Wine

In this Handel News article from May 2017 Mark Windisch talks about the vineyard that once belonged to Handel’s father and shows an empty bottle that contained modern wine make recently in the same place, using his name.

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Posted on May 1, 2017January 5, 2019

Bach and Handel: the Spider and the Bee?

In this Handel News article from May 2017 Dr Silas Wollston discusses the role and manner of reusing existing works in the compositions of Bach and Handel.

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Posted on May 1, 2017January 5, 2019

Pronouncing Georgian English: A Problem of Handelian Performance Practice

In this Handel News article from May 2017 Dr Graham Pont discuses mispronunciations of the original English used by Handel.

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Posted on May 1, 2017January 5, 2019

Handel’s Contribution to Music for the Flute in 18th-Century London: A New Appraisal

In this Handel News article from May 2017 Dr Nancy Hadden examines how Handel’s music started to incorporate the “German flute” – the baroque transverse flute.

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Posted on May 1, 2017January 5, 2019

An Italian Harpsichord Website

In this Handel News article from May 2017 Marco De Gregorio describes the Italian website about harpsichords.

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Posted on May 1, 2017January 5, 2019

The Greatest Dance Composer Of The Late Baroque

In this Handel News article from May 2017 Dr Graham Pont relays and supports Dr Fiona Garlick’s view that the greatest dance musique composer of the baroque era was G. F. Handel.

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