Flower, Newman, Sir, 1879-1964. George Frideric Handel, his personality and his times. [electronic resource] . — A new and rev. ed. with 4 colour plates and 37 illus.. — New York, : C. Scribner's Sons,, 1948.. — 399 p. : illus., ports. (part col.) music. 26 cm.
"Bibliography, compiled by William C. Smith": p. [363]-382.
Of some relations -- The Halle Days -- The Hamburg adventure, 1703-1705 -- The Italian journey -- The first visit to London -- The last days of Anne -- The Water Music and a journey abroad -- Cannons -- The coming of Bononcini -- Anxious days at the Academy -- The great quarrel -- The fall of the Academy -- The partnership with Heidegger -- The birth of Oratorio -- The visit to Oxford -- The crash -- The death of the Queen -- "As some lone ship" -- The last operas -- Messiah -- The return to London -- The second failure -- The tide turns -- The Firework Music and the Foundling Hospital -- The years of blindness -- Night in the hills -- Appendix. Handel's difficulties with his singers -- Notes on his score corrections.