Description: Today could perhaps have been the first time those pages will have seen full sunshine in a century! The 8 introductory pages of the album include a couple of beautiful tissue protected lithographs by Day & Son (To The Queen). A portrait of Handel; Roubillac's Monument with a Fac-simile of Handel's original manuscript / hand. There is a third, by JC (Bourne?) of Handel's' 1725 Hanover Square House . The Handel Album for the Piano Forte was dedicated to Italian born composer-conductor Sir Michael Costa. It holds above 100 Favourite Oratorio & Opera Airs - arranged by William Hutchins Callcot. 3 introductory pages (compiled from the histories of Sir John Hawkins, Dr. Burney and other sources) share - Short Notices of The Life & Works of George Frederik Handel, taking the reader through from birth-death, illustrating the music in this album/work. The 8th INDEX page gives you the 2 parts of oratorio & opera arias before the appendix. Then the music opens with 'I know that my redeemer liveth' (Messiah). Sadly no piano here. 10% from sale goes to Music For All charity. Thanks for looking and any questions, please ask
Price: 14.7 GBP
Location: Hove
End Time: 2025-01-16T12:23:14.000Z
Shipping Cost: 24.71 GBP
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Format: Music Album
Subgenre: Opera
Year: 1850
Instrument: Piano Forte
Publisher: Boosey & Co
Genre: Classical
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
