Project Gutenberg 2012-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 161 Engel, Carl 1818 1882 Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2 (of 2) Produced by Veronika Redfern, Linda Cantoni, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Music transcribed by Veronika Redfern. "Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2" by Carl Engel is a collection of essays and anecdotes related to music, composed in the late 19th century. This volume dives into various musical traditions, myths, and historical accounts, focusing particularly on notable composers like Handel and the tales surrounding music's mystical and supernatural elements. The opening of the book primarily presents a detailed exploration of the early life and career of the eminent composer George Frederick Handel, specifically through the lens of Johann Mattheson, a contemporary musician who documented their interactions in Hamburg. Engel recounts Mattheson's observations with a critical eye, revealing his jealousy and the richness of Handel's journey from a law student to a successful composer. The text examines key moments, such as Handel's struggles and rivalries, set against the backdrop of their musical achievements and the dynamics of their friendship, making it clear that Engel intends to untangle fact from fiction in the realm of musical history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40384/40384-h/images/cover.jpg en Music -- History and criticism ML Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Music 629407 629420 2024-09-17T05:43:02.311935 2023-09-17T13:55:05.853513 text/html text/html 639330 2020-07-19T13:36:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 517941 2020-07-19T13:37:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 542352 2024-09-17T05:43:12.631909 application/epub+zip 546086 2024-09-17T05:43:04.128933 application/epub+zip 260096 2024-09-17T05:43:03.109948 application/epub+zip 857857 2024-09-17T05:43:18.241858 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 804105 2024-09-17T05:43:11.385906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391168 2022-09-18T13:13:23.380479 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 587199 586911 2024-09-17T05:43:00.716956 2023-09-17T13:55:04.378552 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 586699 2012-10-03T11:36:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 204234 2012-10-03T11:36:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 586836 2012-10-03T11:36:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 203952 2012-10-03T11:36:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19881 2024-09-17T05:43:18.394915 application/rdf+xml 11019 2024-09-17T05:43:03.237949 image/jpeg 2537 2024-09-17T05:43:03.173944 image/jpeg 521840 2024-09-17T05:43:02.446958 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog