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   Jul 12, 2012 · Born in Germany to a family that reputedly tried to discourage his initial interest in music, he broke away to seek his fortune in Italian opera. A series of career moves brought him via Hanover to London, where he settled and dominated the city's musical life for half a century.

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2. assets.cambridge.org › 97805218 › 81920TheCambridgeHandelEncyclopedia - Cambridge University Press ...

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   List of illustrations p. viii List of contributors p. x Foreword by Christopher Hogwood p. xv Preface p. xvii List of abbreviations p. xxi

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   Conservatorio di Musica ‘Lorenzo Perosi’, Campobasso

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   Gerald Coke Handel Collection, The Foundling Museum, London

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   Universit ̈at f ̈ur Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna

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   Martin-Luther-Universit ̈at Halle-Wittenberg/Hallische H ̈andel-Ausgabe

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   Zentrum f ̈ur Telemann-Pflege und -Forschung, Magdeburg

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   Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke

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   We are told that Beethoven pointed at his Arnold edition of Handel and declared ‘Handel is the greatest and most capable composer; from him I can still learn’. Today we seem to have lost the art of praising Handel; even our most ardent Handelian anoraks find it difficult to applaud their hero in the sort of terms that for earlier generations were s...

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   Aug 29, 2010 · The Life of Handel , pp. 1 - 21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511693984.002. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Print publication year: 2009. First published in: 1857. Access options. Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access.

4. www.britannica.com › biography › George-Frideric-HandelGeorge Frideric Handel | Biography, Background, Compositions ...

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   Sep 26, 2024 · George Frideric Handel (born February 23, 1685, Halle, Brandenburg [Germany]—died April 14, 1759, London, England) was a German-born English composer of the late Baroque era, noted particularly for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions.

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   • George Frideric Handel, a German-born English composer of the late Baroque era, was known particularly for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental...
   • George Frideric Handel showed a marked gift for music at an early age, becoming a skilled keyboard player by age 9. Although his father did not lik...
   • George Frideric Handel was born on February 23, 1685, in Halle, Brandenburg (now in Germany).

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   Jan 16, 2015 · Biography of Handel is a long-lived exercise, and can be said to have begun with the publications of Johann Mattheson, his musical colleague at Hamburg.

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   George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ ˈ h æ n d əl / HAN-dəl; [a] baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, [b] German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ⓘ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) [3] [c] was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.

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   What's new in Handel's biography?

   • This biography provides an account of the man and his music. This new edition incorporates new material. The last half century has seen a great renewal of research on the circumstances of Handel's life, and a major expansion in performances and recordings of his music.

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   When was George Frideric Handel born?

   • George Frideric Handel (born February 23, 1685, Halle, Brandenburg [Germany]—died April 14, 1759, London, England) was a German-born English composer of the late Baroque era, noted particularly for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions.

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   What is the Handel series?

   • This series makes available a range of significant works encompassing all aspects of the developing discipline. Beloved not only in Britain, George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) is admired as a composer the world over.

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   Who was Handel and what did he do?

   • Handel was the son of a barber-surgeon. He showed a marked gift for music and became a pupil in Halle of the composer Friedrich W. Zachow, learning the principles of keyboard performance and composition from him.

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   Why is Handel a great composer?

   • In turn, Handel's music forms one of the peaks of the "high baroque" style, bringing Italian opera to its highest development, creating the genres of English oratorio and organ concerto, and introducing a new style into English church music. He is consistently recognized as one of the greatest composers of his age.

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   When did Handel die?

   • Almost blind, he died in 1759 a respected and rich man, and was given a state funeral at Westminster Abbey. Handel composed more than forty opere serie over a period of more than thirty years. Since the late 1960s, interest in Handel's music has grown.

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8. assets.cambridge.org › 97811080 › 64811Music The Life of George Frederick Handel

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   The Life of George Frederick Handel Beloved not only in Britain, George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) is admired as a composer the world over. His inventive and sensitive melodic genius and his exuberant brilliance in depicting the spectacular are best displayed in his Messiah and Zadok the Priest. Larger than life, Handel impressed all