George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music. He received critical musical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy before settling in London and becoming a naturalised British subject in 1727. By then he was strongly influenced by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition. Within fifteen years, Handel, a dramatic genius, started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian...
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Birthdate:February 23, 1685
Birthplace:Halle
Date of death:April 14, 1759
Education:Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Also known as:Georg Friedrich Händel, George Friederic Haendel, Handel, George Friedrich (1685 - 1759)

Written works by George Frideric Handel

  • Te Deum for the celebration of the victory at Dettingen, June 27th, 1743
    Te Deum for the celebration of the victory at Dettingen, June 27th, 1743
  • Concerti a 4
    Concerti a 4
  • The Music for the Royal Fireworks
    The Music for the Royal Fireworks
  • Music Minus One Flute
    Music Minus One Flute
  • Sonate en ut mineur, pour hautbois & piano
    Sonate en ut mineur, pour hautbois & piano
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Te Deum for the celebration of the victory at Dettingen, June 27th, 1743
Concerti a 4
The Music for the Royal Fireworks
Music Minus One Flute
Sonate en ut mineur, pour hautbois & piano
canticle of praise
P.C. Scipione
Four Coronation Anthems in Full Score
Partenope, Oper in 3 Akten (1730) : Aufführung in der originalen italienischen Version
Coronation and funeral anthems
Messiah in Full Score
Rinaldo
Dvenadt︠s︡at' legkikh p'es dli︠a︡ fortepiano
Handel / 22 Favorite Pieces
Look down, harmonious saint
60 Handel Overtures Arranged for Solo Keyboard
Deidamia
Trio-Sonate VIII, G-moll, opus 2, Nr. 8
Rodelinda
Sonate für zwei Violinen und Bass
Duetto
Six concerti grossi, op. 3
Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Handel / A First Book
Theodora; an oratorio. Composed in the year 1749
The messiah
Judas Maccabaeus
Trio sonatas
Ariodante
Dixit Dominus
Twelve songs for a contralto voice from the oratorios
Violin sonatas with piano accompaniment
words of the opera of Acis and Galatea
Eight Great Suites
Justin
Choruses for study and performance
sixteen concerti for organ and orchestra
Neun deutsche Arien, für Sopran mit Klavier, Violine und Violoncell
Belsazar
Great Organ Concerti, Opp. 4 and 7, in Full Score
Royal fireworks musick
Sonate C-dur, für Viola da gamba (oder Viola) und Cembalo
Dead march, in Saul
George Frideric Handel: Ein Streifzug durch Leben und Werk
Biographie, Briefe und Schriften
Sonata nomer chetyre
Chaconne, F dur
Cantatas for Alto and Continuo
The Great Piano Works of Goerge Frideric Handel
Continuo playing according to Handel
Six little fugues
Suite mit dem Marsch, für 2 Violinen, Violoncello (Kontrabass) und Klavier
Ouverture und Tänze aus der Oper Almira
Four sonatas
Alzo al volo di mia fama
Handel's Messiah the Original Manuscripts in Facsi
Six Organ Concertos, Op. 4
Complete Concerti Grossi
Letters and writings
The letters and writings of George Frideric Handel
Izbrannye proizvedeniia dlia fortepiano
Sonata (Trio) 7, aus dem Jahre 1738. Vorlage: die Ausg. der deutschen Händel-Gesellschaft
librettos of Handel's operas
Sieg der Zeit und der Erkenntnis =
Keyboard Works for Solo Instrument
March from Occasional overture
Samson
Three movements, arr. for woodwind quartet by Noel Cox
Xerxes suite
Sonate E-moll (HWV 359b) =
14
Fifteen arias for high voice
Radamisto
Acis and Galatea
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe, im Auftrag der Georg-Friedrich-Händel Gesellschaft
Messiah Vocal Score
Aufzeichnungen zur Kompositionslehre
Sonata XIII for E♭ alto saxophone and piano
Hercules
Chandos Te Deum, composed about the year 1719
Handel opera libretti
libretti italiani di Georg Friedrich Händel e le loro fonti
The sacred oratorios
Favorite air, from the first fifth suite of lessons, volume 1st
Handel Extracts from Instrumental Music
The works of Handel
Susanna; an oratorio. Composed in the year 1743
Xerxes
duello amoroso
Handel
Xerxes in Full Score
Alessandro
Three concerti a due cori
Suites Volume I
Arminius
Orchesterkonzert D-dur
Acis und Galatea
Handel 6 Organ Concertos
Si︠u︡ity dli︠a︡ fortepiano
Air from The faithful shepherd, arr. by Mitzi Lawton and David Pecket
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Birthplace of George Frideric Handel

Halle
Halle
Founded:806
Population:4,000

Coordinates: 11°58'E, 51°28'NFirst mentioned in 806 Halle became the largest city in Saxony-Anhalt

Places George Frideric Handel has lived

Map showing Places Lived by George Frideric Handel
MarkerLocationPopulation
A Hanover 519,619
B Rome 2,761,477
C London 7,556,900
D Florence 365,000
E Halle 233,013
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    What style of music does George Frideric Handel play?
  • A:
    Musical tracks by George Frideric Handel are in the baroque music genre.
  • Q:
    Where was George Frideric Handel born?
  • A:
    George Frideric Handel was born in Halle.
  • Q:
    Which album titles have been released by George Frideric Handel?
  • A:
    Music albums released include:
    - Der Messias (Münchener Bach-Orchester und Chor, feat. conductor: Karl Richter)
    - Israel in Egypt (English Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras, choir: Leeds Festival Chorus)
    - Handel: Messiah - The Complete Oratorio in Three Parts (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus feat. conductor: Robert Shaw) (disc 2)
    - Messiah: Favorite Choruses & Arias (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus, feat. Robert Shaw)
    - The Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 (Vienna Concentus Musicus feat. conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt)
    - Messiah (The English Concert & Choir feat. conductor: Trevor Pinnock)
    - Dixit Dominus / Laudate pueri Dominum (Choir of King's College, English Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: Stephen Cleobury)
  • Q:
    What was George Frideric Handel's occupation?
  • A:
    George Frideric Handel was an accomplished composer.
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