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Joyful Noise

Tim Slover

出版	Samuel French, 2001
主題	Drama / GeneralDrama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshMusic / Genres & Styles / Classical
ISBN	05736275929780573627590
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=G6fraoodhNEC&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

George Frederick Handel is in trouble: his last opera flopped, he is no longer in favor with King George II and preachers are raging that his latest work is blasphemous. In this climate, he struggles to present "The Messiah." Handel's travails are linked with those of his leading soprano. Forced into retirement because of a scandal, she is slated to make her comeback in his new masterpiece and fears a nasty reception. A malicious, back stabbing alternate is waiting in the wings to replace her. A devious bishop and Handel's bulky librettist add to the conflict in this true story of the politics and passion that nearly prevented "The Messiah" from ever being performed.