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HANDEL @ HOME (2022)

Georgia Burashko
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George Frideric Handel is remembered for his grand opera and great popularity in London, but his lesser known ‘Neun Deutsche Arien’ are smaller works tied to his homeland, Germany. Through an in depth look at these songs, I will explore a more intimate and personal side to this celebrity composer, suggesting an image of how they may have been enjoyed. Handel arrived in London for the first time in 1710 at the age of twenty-five. By 1723, the well established composer had leased the Brook Street house in which he spent the remainder of his life. An active socialite, Handel frequently attended house concerts where music was performed in a smaller setting. It was in these first twenty years of Handel’s life in London where he wrote most of his chamber music. These works were intended for the salon settings of which he was so fond and were beneficial in growing his fame. House concerts became a sort of laboratory where he presented themes that he later adapted into larger, more public compositions. Written for poet and university friend Barthold Brockes, the Neun Deutsche Arien are scored for voice, continuo, and obligatto flute or violin. The songs, along with Brockes passion, are among Handel’s few works with German text: both are settings of Brockes writing. These domestic, German arias are songs of friendship that we can easily imagine being enjoyed in a candle-lit living room. They are special works from a time when Handel was not yet a household name.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsHandel, Brockes, 18th century, opera, art song, Germany, German Lied, Barthold Brockes, George Frideric Handel, England
date22/11/2021
published11/07/2022
last modified11/07/2022
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
copyrightGeorgia Burashko
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageCanadian English
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1432549/1432561
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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