Education
Keates was educated at Bryanston School and went on to read for his undergraduate degree at Magdalen College, Oxford.
(A study of Handel's life and music, this biography follow...)
A study of Handel's life and music, this biography follows the composer from his youth in Germany, through his successful Italian soujourns, to the opulence and squalor of Georgian London, where he triumphed in the face of obstacles that would have crushed men of lesser self-belief.
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(The story of Venice’s great last stand in 1848 against it...)
The story of Venice’s great last stand in 1848 against its Austrian rulers. For over a year the Austrians blockaded the city. Food was scarce and cholera was rife. The people of Venice gave their all in support of the rebellion but without foreign help the sad, if glorious end, was inevitable.
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(This personal travel book about Italy is written by the a...)
This personal travel book about Italy is written by the author of the prize-winning "Allegro Postillions" and "The Strangers' Gallery". The author's travels take him to an Italy of neglected grandeur, hidden beauty and preposterous paradox - where the past lies in wait for the present and where history is never far away. The book looks at a magician's cave in Piedmont, Chinese mummies in Umbria, Tuscan nightingales and bumps in the Venetian night.
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(Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub the Date: August. 2009 Pa...)
Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub the Date: August. 2009 Pages: 434 in Publisher: Random House UK Though unquestionably one of the greatest and best-loved of all composers. George Frideric Handel (1685u1759) had received little attention from biographers before Jonathan Keates's masterful Handel: of The Man and His Music appeared in 1985. This fully updated and expanded edition u published to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death u charts in detail Handel's life. from his youth in Germany. through his illiantly successful Italian sojourn. to the opulence and squalor of Georgian London. For over two decades Handel was absorbed in London's heady but precarious operatic world. But even his phenomenal energy and determination could not overcome the public's growing indifference to Italian opera in the 1730s. and he turned finally to oratorio. a genre which he m...
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(Henry Purcell (1659-1695) is the greatest of all English ...)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) is the greatest of all English composers and a pivotal figure in European musical history. In this rich and colorful biography, Jonathan Keates deftly traces Purcell's life and artistry against the backdrop of the turbulent political, religious, theatrical, and social movements of his time. Purcell's musical genius both embraced and transcended the variable moods and tensions of Restoration England, and gave the period and the culture an unforgettable voice. With great skill and historical understanding, Keates follows Purcell through his extraordinarily prolific career, from chorister at the Chapel Royal, to composer for the theater and the court, to writer of sacred music, chamber music, and the triumphant Dido and Aeneas, the first British opera. Keates considers Purcell's musical studies with Pelham Humfrey and John Blow as well as his adaptation of Matthew Locke's innovative and colorful style. He provides a superb critical appreciation of Purcell's music in all its forms. Keates also discusses the musical history of the period, including the influence of French and Italian composers, whose music blended with and modified native traditions.
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Keates was educated at Bryanston School and went on to read for his undergraduate degree at Magdalen College, Oxford.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is very interested in Venice, and speaks Italian, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. He also writes reviews in some prominent magazines.
In addition, Keates was an English teacher employed by the City of London School from 1974 - 2013 and a judge of several writing competitions.
Keates retired in order to focus on his chairmanship of the Venice in Peril Fund. On his exit from the school in July 2013, having given a tearful farewell speech, he was given two standing ovations by the pupils and staff, and a 200-person dinner was given in his honour.
(A study of Handel's life and music, this biography follow...)
(This personal travel book about Italy is written by the a...)
(Henry Purcell (1659-1695) is the greatest of all English ...)
(The story of Venice’s great last stand in 1848 against it...)
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(Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub the Date: August. 2009 Pa...)