H}}ndel und Shakespeare Zur }}sthetik der Tonkunst [Paperback]

A book which contributed to the revival of Handel scholarship in Europe in the mid-nineteenth century.Georg Gervinus (180571), a historian of literature based in Heidelberg, was a founder of the first German Handel society in 1856 and a key figure in reviving Handels popularity in Europe. In 1858 he published H?ndel und Shakespeare, which marked a turning point in Handel scholarship.Georg Gervinus (180571), a historian of literature based in Heidelberg, was a founder of the first German Handel society in 1856 and a key figure in reviving Handels popularity in Europe. In 1858 he published H?ndel und Shakespeare, which marked a turning point in Handel scholarship.Handel enjoyed considerable popularity at the end of the eighteenth century, when his music was performed in London, Berlin, Leipzig, Vienna and Breslau. However, interest in him had waned by the mid-nineteenth century, when it was rekindled by a small group of music-lovers including Georg Gervinus (180571), a historian of literature based in Heidelberg. Gervinus lobbied for a Handel memorial in Halle, was a founder of the first German Handel society in 1856, and in 1858 published H?ndel und Shakespeare, which drew parallels between his favourite writer and favourite composer. In it, after two long chapters on music history and aesthetics, he compared their intellectual development and attributed the similarities between them to their shared Germanic roots. Although the book was not a great success in its day, it marked an important turning point in European Handel studies, and is still referred to today.1. Zur ?sthetik der Tonkunst: Aus der Geschichte; 2. Zur ?sthetik der Tonkunst: Aus der Natur der menschlichen Seele; 3. H?ndel und Shakespeare: Eine Parallele.