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Konstanze Musketa. Musikgeschichte der Stadt Halle. Fuhrer durch die Ausstellung des Handel-Hauses. Halle an der Saale: Handel-Haus, 1998. 113 pp. ISBN 3-910019-13-7 (paperback). What do composers Samuel Scheldt, David Pohle, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, George Frederic Handel, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Daniel Gottlob Turk, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Carl Loewe and Robert Franz have in common? Correct answers probably range from "they were all German" to "the above composers influenced the development of either keyboard or choral literature or excelled in writing Lieder." Those readers, however, who responded that these individuals were either born or active in or near the city of Halle an der Saale would have scored the highest. Despite its impressive, extremely rich and culturally diverse musical life ever since the Middle Ages, Halle has never been able to step out of the shadow of Leipzig, less than forty kilometers east of Halle. The city's most famous musical claim to fame is undoubtedly George Frederic Handel who was born in Halle in 1685 and advanced to become the most important English composer of the early eighteenth century. Like Bach in Leipzig and Mozart in Salzburg, Handel reigns in downtown Halle: in addition to a large Handel monument right in the middle of the downtown market square, the agenda of every VIP and musically-inclined tourist includes a visit to the Handel-Haus Halle, an internationally renowned music museum dedicated primarily to the life and works of Handel. Moreover, an ever-growing number of Baroque music aficionados attend numerous concerts offered over the course of ten days in June of every year as part of Halle's Internationale Handel-Festspiele.1 In 1989 the Handel-Haus Halle mounted a permanent exhibition on the musical history of the city of Halle, entitled Musikgeschichte der Stadt Halle. An accompanying booklet was prepared by Konstanze Musketa, in 1998.2 Musketa's guide fills an obvious lacuna with regard to publications on the musical history of Halle. Prior to this well-thought out publication interested readers could choose only from books that were either too complex or too general in nature (p. 112).3 Musketa' s guide-113 pages of well-laid out text, a number of illustrations, a supplementary reading list, and a handy "you-are-here-map" for each "room"-meets the needs and expectations of both music amateurs and professionals. By documenting a carefully selected number of significant events, composers, and individuals, she successfully emphasizes Halle's importance in music history. My first thought when skimming through this guidebook was that if this publication were in English, it would make a great basic textbook for a third-year music history course. One only has to convert the "Rooms 1 through 8" into book chapters (no table of contents can be found) to create an excellent survey of roughly 500 years worth of music history as experienced by citizens of Halle. "Raum 1: Mittelalter und Renaissancezeit" covers the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Samuel Scheldt and his achievements as a composer and influence on the development of musical style are discussed in "Raum 2," while Barocke Musikpflege (Musical performances in the Baroque Era,4 including fewer than two pages on G. F. Handel)5 kindle our interest in "Raum 3." Specific composers Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Daniel Gottlob Turk und Johann Friedrich Reichardt require undivided attention in "Raum 4" and "Raum 5," respectively. In "Raum 6" Musketa examines musical life in Halle during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. Information on Musikleben nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg bis zur Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands (Musical life in Halle after World War ? until the reunification of Germany [1945-1990]) is provided in "Raum 7," and finally, in "Raum 8," readers will increase their knowledge about Hallesche Musikpflege nach der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands-die Neunziger Jahre (Musical life in Halle after Germany's reunification during the 1990s). …

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Konstanze Musketa. Musikgeschichte der Stadt Halle. Führer durch die Ausstellung des Händel-Hauses. Halle an der Saale: Händel-Haus, 1998. 113 pp. ISBN 3-910019-13-7 (paperback)