Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
About the Companion Website
Recommended Listening

Introduction
1. From Lodi to London (1728?1748)
2. A London Apprenticeship (1748?1749)
3. Guadagni and Handel (1749?1755)
4. Guadagni the Actor
5. Building a career on the European Stage (1755?1762)
6. Guadagni in Vienna (1762?1765)
7. Return to the Veneto (1765?1769)
8. Success and Scandal in London (1769?1771)
9. Guadagni the Composer
10. At Home in Padua (1771?1782)
11. The Last Decade (1782?1792)
12. Guadagni the Singer

Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

After studying music at Oxford and Surrey Universities, Patricia Howard joined the Music Department at the Open University, where she worked as a Course Tutor and a Course Team member. In addition, she has written and broadcast extensively as a free-lance, contributing in particular to the BBC's 'Music Magazine' and 'Music Matters', and writing regularly for the Musical Times, Early Music, Music and Letters, and Il saggiatore musicale. She has worked with the
singers Emma Dogliani and Iestyn Davies, researching repertory, writing concert and disc notes and presenting pre-concert talks.

Reviews

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