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Burrows, Donald James was born on December 28, 1945 in Hammersmith, London, England. Son of John Edward and Beatrice Lilian Burrows.
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Donald Burrows brings many new insights to this fascinating account of one of the favorite works of the concert hall. He traces the course of Messiah from Handel's initial musical response to the libretto, through the oratorio's turbulent first years to its eventual popularity with the Foundling Hospital performances. The book addresses such questions as the position of Messiah within the oratorio genre, Handel's treatment of structural design, tonal relationships in the work and problems of English wordsetting, as well as contemporary issues such as Handel's relationship with his librettist, Charles Jennens, and with his performers and audience.
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Handel's English church music spans the complete period of his active career in London: his first anthem and the Utrecht Te Deum were composed soon after his arrival in London, and his last works nearly 40 years later. The repertory, which includes the Coronation Anthem Zadok the Priest, forms one of the most impressive and engaging areas of Baroque church music. Most of it was stimulated by Handel's creative contact with the English Chapel Royal, a group of professional singers in a different tradition from the opera stars with whom he worked in the theatre. Appearing in paperback for the first time, this first full-length study of Handel's English Church music traces the background to the diverse items in the repertory, which relates directly to Handel's constant but changing relationship with the Hanoverian British royal family, and was affected by political and dynastic events. It also examines the circumstances of Handel's performances, the building which (unlike his theatres) still survives in London today.
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Burrows, Donald James was born on December 28, 1945 in Hammersmith, London, England. Son of John Edward and Beatrice Lilian Burrows.
Bachelor, University Cambridge, England, 1968. Master of Arts, University Cambridge, England, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Open University, England, 1981.
Director music John Mason School, Abingdon, England, 1970—1982. Conductor Abingdon Museum Society, England, 1972—1983. Lecturer music Open University, Milton Keynes, 1982—1989, senior lecturer music, 1989—1995, professor music, since 1995.
Vice president Georg Friedrich Handel Gesellschaft, Halle an der Saale, Germany, since 1997. Member advisory board Maryland Handel Festival, College Park, 1988—2001. General editor Novello Handel Edition, London, since 1992.
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Member of Handel Institute (founding member, trustee since 1995, chairman since 1999).
Married Marilyn Jones, July 23, 1971. Children: George Edward Thomas, Henry Christopher John, William Edgar James.