"Handel also composed music just for instruments. It's easy to picture the excitement and grandness of a royal boat party in his most famous orchestra work Water Music.
"Besides being a talented composer and musician, Handel was also a very generous person and donated lots of time and money for poor people. For many years he performed his most famous piece
Messiah at a foundling hospital to raise money for babies with no parents.
Tongue-in-cheek humor and whimsical illustrations let children see Handel as a real person. This book traces the Handel's life as a son, friend, and composer with entertaining anecdotes.
This
revised version includes the following new features:
- A timeline of the composers's life
- A map highlighting important places in the composers's life
- A fun quiz that provides more historical information and tests the child's knowledge
- A glossary and an index
Of course, listening to the music is essential; recordings by Handel are readily available as downloads from popular download sources. Paperback, 40 pages. Ages 6+.
More titles in the
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers series available
here.