Christopher Hogwood wrote music history and edited scholarly material alongside his work as a conductor and keyboard player associated with historically informed performance. Handel is a substantial biography connecting the composer's operas, oratorios and instrumental works with eighteenth-century London and European patronage. Music at Court surveys the social setting of music-making in royal and aristocratic households, while The Trio Sonata explains an important Baroque genre through repertoire and historical practice. Hogwood also edited scores and wrote on performance sources, instruments and eighteenth-century music. His prose is clear and historically grounded, useful to listeners as well as specialists. His work fits Baroque music, Handel studies, performance practice and classical music history, particularly for readers interested in how historical context changes the way older repertoire is performed. Read more Less
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