George Frederick Handel
Standard Name: Handel, George Frederick
Used Form: George Frideric Handel
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Savage | He had been organist at the parish church of Finchley, and had sung in Handel
's operas and oratorios. His new position meant the choirboys lodged in his house. William got excellent results from his... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elizabeth Isabella Spence | The Lily of Annandale is a retelling of the ballad Helen of Kirkconnel (who was accidentally killed by one of her rival lovers taking aim at the other). How to be Rid of a Wife... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Elizabeth Tollet | Sir Tanfield Leman
in the Monthly Review approached this volume with some gendered condescension (which may be the explanation for his finding ET
by implication excessively serious). He pronounced that she was not in the... |
| Characters | Jeanette Winterson | The novel's three apparently unconnected characters are breast surgeon Handel (erstwhile boy chorister, castrato, and Catholic priest; not the same as yet reminiscent of George Frederick Handel
), Picasso (a young woman whose family opposes... |
| Textual Production | Jeanette Winterson | Her contributors included Ali Smith
on Beethoven
's Fidelio, Anne Enright
on Dvorak
's Rusalka, Jackie Kay
on Janacek
's The Makropulos Case, Joanna Trollope
on Donizetti
's L'Elisir d'Amore, Kate Atkinson |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Mary Julia Young | The title-page has two epigraphs. The first begins with two lines from Milton
's Il Penseroso (perhaps alluding to its musical setting by Handel
), which go on to link the nightingale with Anna... |
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