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The Good Good Pig
"In loving yet unsentimental prose, Sy Montgomery captures the richness that animals bring to the human experience. Sometimes it takes a too-smart-for-his-own-good pig to open our eyes to what most matters in life.” —John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, Sy Montgomery had always felt more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly opened her heart to a sick piglet who had been crowded away from nourishing meals by his stronger siblings. Yet Sy had no inkling that this piglet, later named Christopher Hogwood, would not only survive but fl...
Music at Court
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Haydn's Visits to England
Written by one of the country's foremost specialists in the classical repertoire and an internationally renowned conductor, this book recounts the circumstances surrounding the genesis of some of Haydn's most famous works, including the London Symphonies.
Handel
Handel remains one of the unchallenged geniuses of musical history.Yet many revealing and fascinating aspects of his work have been obscured by generations of adulation, prejudice or misinterpretation. Christopher Hogwood takes us back to the original Handel, blending the evidence from documents of all kinds with judicious biographical observations - and with a diverting array of illustrations. The result is a comprehensive and entertaining portrait of the developing character and career of Handel, with an important concluding chapter that traces the progress of the Handel legend down to our own time.
Handel: Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks
A study of Handel's best-known public music: Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks.
Essays in Honor of Christopher Hogwood
Christopher Hogwood has had considerable influence in the latter half of the twentieth century in advocating the historically informed performance of early music. In honor of Hogwood's seventieth birthday in 2011. Thomas Donahue has collected writings from those who have been inspired by the distinguished keyboard player, music editor, writer, and conductor. The collection begins with a foreword by Bernard Brauchli, followed by a chronology of Hogwood's education and career, along with his publications and awards. Subsequent articles in Essays in Honor of Christopher Hogwood: The Maestro's Direction cover a variety of subjects associated with Hogwood's approach to early music. These include interpretation of composers' notations, discussions of musical instrument construction and use, elucidation of performance traditions and conventions of the past, and analysis of the music itself. Essayists provide insight into the music of Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and J. S. and C. P. E. Bach and consider various keyboard instruments, such as the clavichord, square piano, spinet, and claviorgan. An afterword by Hogwood himself completes this well-rounded volume. Book jacket.
Companion to Baroque Music
The Companion to Baroque Music is an illuminating survey of musical life in Europe and the New World from 1600 to 1750. With informative essays on the social, national, geographical, and cultural contexts of the music and musicians of the period by such internationally known scholars as Peter Holman, Louise Stein, Michael Talbot, Julie Anne Sadie, Stanley Sadie, and David Fuller, the Companion offers a fresh perspective on the musical styles and performance practices of the Baroque era. The Companion to Baroque Music is an illuminating survey of musical life in Europe and the New World from 1600 to 1750. With informative essays on the social, national, geographical, and cultural contexts of the music and musicians of the period by such internationally known scholars as Peter Holman, Louise Stein, Michael Talbot, Julie Anne Sadie, Stanley Sadie, and David Fuller, the Companion offers a fresh perspective on the musical styles and performance practices of the Baroque era.
The Keyboard in Baroque Europe
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Music in Eighteenth-Century England
The essays in this book are devoted to the social and intellectual background of eighteenth-century music.
