"A concise biography and musical overview"--Container.
Summary:
Presents a factual outline of Handel's life and an overview of his work. Handel's greatest gift to posterity was undoubtedly the creation of the dramatic oratorio genre, partly out of existing operatic traditions and partly by force of his own musical imagination.
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