Did #GFHandel read this?
A 1712 Spectator essay turns its satirical gaze on gender, fashion and social identity. Addison mocks women in riding coats, hats and periwigs—revealing as much about 18th-century anxieties as about the fashions he attacks.
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#GFHandel read this?
A 1712 #TheSpectator essay turns its satirical gaze on gender, fashion and social identity. Addison mocks women in riding coats, hats and periwigs—revealing as much about 18th-century anxieties as about the fashions he attacks. #JosephAddison #EighteenthCentury #LiteraryHistory

To celebrate the 110th birthday and the life and monumental legacy of Winton Dean (1916-2013), the English musicologist who fundamentally reshaped our understanding of George Frideric Handel .

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