The two neighboring buildings in London where they lived and worked, with 240 years apart, the German composer George Frideric Handel and American musician Jimi Hendrix Tuesday opened its . doors for the first time to the public
inside the old housing has been installed “Handel & amp; Hendrix” , an exhibition that runs the private lives of these music artists classical and rock through the recreation of some of the rooms where they lived, as well as historical documents, music and videos
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only a wall separates the two houses, located in the 23 and 25 Brook Street in Mayfair.
on the one hand, this project has been commissioned to reconstruct in detail the only floor you can visit Hendrix (1942-1970), as it was when he lived there during the year 1969.
Hendrix found this residence, located on the top floor of number 23 Brook Street , in an advertisement in the newspaper, and she paid 30 lbs (38 euros / $ 43) a week.
in the area of what was then the living room, the visitor walks accompanied by the sound of topics singer, images are distributed, newspaper clippings, videos and quotes Hendrix own and other artists on it, you get to meet curious what was the home life of this superstar.
As read on the walls papered with photographs, rocker usually invited to his home to other artists, organized meetings with reporters and photographers and celebrated many holidays to which used to go George Harrison , among others.
Along with this, you can listen to with headphones excerpts from studio sessions for 1969, in which it can be perceive the perfection and safety of the artist with the guitar.
in another room is exposed on a wall part of the collection of records that the artist collected, showing “who Hendrix was as a musician “, as the media said record producer Rob Dickins.
a collection of one hundred discs, among them Bob Dylan albums and genres such as blues, jazz and classical music, with Handel among his favorites, Dickins said.
acoustic guitar Epiphone FT79 also on display, the singer bought second-hand for $ 25 (22 euros) in New York and with it touched topics such as his version of “All Along the Watchower” Dylan.
recreated from photographs and recordings, as well as descriptions of reporters and former partner of musician Kathy Etchingham bedroom Hendrix has objects that are replicas built to detail or similar parts belonging to the 60.
Stresses the oval mirror hanging over the fireplace and part of the furniture in the house as well as the favorite singer Victorian shawl, hanging from the ceiling creating a kind of canopy over the bed.
on the other side of the wall, on the second floor the number 25 of the same street, the house of Baroque composer Handel (1685-1759) was an elegant Georgian floor where the musician lived and worked during his last 36 years.
a place perfectly situated for the needs of the composer. Near the artistic communities were concentrated in Soho and Covent Garden , and Saint James Palace, where he developed his official work.
Handel home
throughout this period, Handel wrote many of his most important works , including “Messiah” conducted its trials and its first performances, and died in 1759.
the home of the composer playback, which consists of an entrance, a bedroom, a stay to compose and several showrooms, it features pictures , prints and antique furniture, as well as scores, reproductions of his music, illustrations and pianos.
Among the stringed instruments, highlight the key dual hand, widely used during the baroque period, and dated in 1754.
the director of the show, Michelle Aland, said that the center will organize various programs, concerts and activities to children in different areas of the house.
“Hendrix thought he saw once a ghost Handel in one of his mirrors and thought the spirit of music was in the house, so we want to celebrate that spirit of music,” said Aland.
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