Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Il "Giulio Cesare" di Haym e Handel

Speranza

Handel left his home in Germany, spent years in Florence and Rome, and settled in London.

Handel lived as a guest in aristocratic homes, and composed works for his patrons and hosts, primarily for private entertainments.

In both Italy and England his patrons moved in circles in which same-sex desire was commonplace — a fact that is not without significance, for his output exhibits a clear homosexual subtext.

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