Memoirs Of The Life Of The Late George Frideric Handel

Title Page (0:32)

Birth and First Adventure of the Six Year Old (4:28)

First Test at the Duke of Saxe-Weißenfels (2:45)

Decision to Foster His Musical Talent (2:58)

Apprenticeship in Halle with Zachau (3:58)

At Court in Berlin with Buononcini and Ariosti (3:40)

Refusal of the Kings Sponsorship (2:41)

The Hamburg Opera (3:52)

Situation at the Hamburg Opera (1:15)

Squabbles in Hamburg and a Commission (3:43)

Handel's Operas in Hamburg (1:57)

Contact with a Tuscan Prince (2:39)

Setting Out for Italy (0:32)

A Glance at Music in Italy and in France (6:47)

Florence (1:07)

Rodrigo (1:03)

Venice (0:48)

Agrippina (1:46)

Rome Encounters with Corelli (2:35)

Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (1:14)

Encounters with Alessandro & Domenico Scarlatti (3:00)

At the Cardinals Colonna & Pamphilii / Attempts at Conversion / La resurrezione (3:05)

More of Italy (2:55)

Engagement at the Hanoverian Court / Visits to Halle & Düsseldorf (4:25)

First Journey to London / State of Music There (3:00)

Rinaldo and a Sketch of the Librettist Rossi (5:10)

Back in Hanover (1:20)

Second Journey to England (1:46)

Handel's Unwillingness to Return to Germany / The Elector of Hanover Becomes King of England (2:05)

Water Music (1:22)

Acquaintance with Lord Burlington, Pope and the Duke of Chandos (4:35)

To Dresden in Quest of Singers (0:44)

Radamisto (2:03)

Academy at the Haymarket Theatre (4:57)

Quarrels with Senesino & Cuzzoni (4:19)

A Company with Heidegger / New Singers from Italy / Move to Lincoln's Inn Fields (3:08)

Move to Covent Garden / Crisis of Self-Confidence (4:38)

Cure in Aachen (1:25)

New Attempts at the Haymarket Theatre (3:44)

A Turn of Attention to Oratorio (3:02)

Dublin (Messiah Benefit Concert) (2:09)

Return to London / Applause for Oratorios (1:34)

Messiah for the Foundling Hospital / Death (2:03)

Blindness / Loss of Appetite / The Character of the Man to Explain the Artist (4:48)

Catalog of Works Overview & General Remarks (2:00)

List of Works (7:40)

Observations on the Works (4:48)

Quotation with a Comparison of German and Italian Styles / Handel's Preference for the Italian (3:31)

Italian Music Since Palestrina (3:45)

Interaction Between Handel & the Italians / Handel's Particular Mastery in Choral & Sacred Music (1:45)

Value of Harmony and Melody in Instrumental & Vocal Music (4:54)

Uneven Success in Handel (1:58)

Tartini as Example of Vocal Writing for Instruments (2:05)

Importance of Textual Considerations in Composition (2:39)

Exceptional Nature of Handel's Choral Music Not Withstanding Pope's Criticism (2:34)

Effects of Handel's Oratorio Style (Messiah) (2:15)

Particular Effect of Recitative in Expressing Religion & Humanity (0:55)

Duets & Trios as Perfect Composition (Acis and Galatea) (5:44)

Qualities of Instrumental Music (1:14)

Keyboard Music (1:07)

Place and Significance of Religion & Humanity in Handel's Works (1:11)

Exemplary Character of Handel's Works (2:54)