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by Thomas Hudson. George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) composed works including 42 operas; 24 oratorios; more than 120 cantatas, trios and duets; numerous arias; odes and serenatas; solo and trio sonatas; 18 concerti grossi; and 12 organ concertos. Collected editions of Handel's works include the Händel-Gesellschaft (HG ...
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ ˈhændəl / 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. Handel received ...
Other English language oratorios which are sometimes fully staged as operas include Saul, Samson, Hercules, Belshazzar, Theodora and Jephtha. Parnasso in festa, a festa teatrale composed by Handel to an Italian text and performed in London to celebrate the royal wedding of Anne, Princess Royal and Prince William of Orange in 1734, has many ...
HwvTitleLibrettoPremière Date1Almira (Der in Krohnen erlangte ...Friedrich Christian Feustking, after ...8 January 17052Nero (Die durch Blut und Mord erlangete ...Friedrich Christian Feustking25 February 17053Florindo (Der beglückte Florindo)Hinrich HinschJanuary 17084Daphne (Die verwandelte Daphne)Hinrich HinschJanuary 1708Handel composed nearly fifty operas, but until relatively recently they remained significantly underpresented on record. Though a handful of operatic arias (often sung in translation) cropped up on recital-discs during the 50s and 60s, complete recordings of most of the operas were comparatively rare until the last two decades of the twentieth century, when conductors such as Charles Mackerras ...
Handel’s 'Water Music' consists a series of lively orchestral movements, many of which are based upon dances such as the minuet, bourrée, hornpipe, sarabande, gigue and rigaudon. It is not clear what order these pieces were played in, but they are nowadays grouped together into three suites: Suite no. 1 in F major (HWV 348) 1.
Apr 2, 2014 · George Frideric Handel composed operas, oratorios and instrumentals. His 1741 work, 'Messiah,' is among the most famous oratorios in history. ... The series opened with Handel’s composition ...
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Feb 23, 2024 · The ‘Hallelujah’ chorus is one of the most famous pieces of Baroque choral music and the most widely known section of the work. When composing the celebrated ‘Hallelujah’ chorus Handel ...
