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Listening to Music with Craig Wright
Just as there was a continual increase in the performing forces for his Messiah, so, too, did Handel’s fortune and reputation grow. Toward the end of his life, he occupied a squire’s house in the center of London; bought paintings, including a large and “indeed excellent” Rembrandt; and, on his death, left an estate of nearly £20,000—roughly the equivalent of $5 million today. Handel had become the first musical impresario to make a fortune from a paying public—as a music producer. More than three thousand attended his funeral in Westminster Abbey on April 20, 1759, and a sculpture of the composer holding an aria from Messiah was erected above his grave and is still there. As a memento of Handel’s music, Messiah was an apt choice, for it is still performed each year at Christmas and Easter by countless amateur and professional groups throughout the world.
practice . . .
your understanding of this chapter’s concepts by reviewing a Checklist of Musical Style for the Late Baroque and working once more with the chapter’s Active Listening Guides online.
do . . .
online multiple-choice and critical thinking quizzes that your instructor may assign for a grade.
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