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George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ ˈ h æ n d əl /; baptised Georg Fried(e)rich Händel, German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ⓘ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.
- List of Compositions by George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759)...
- Messiah
Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in...
- Zadok The Priest
Zadok the Priest (HWV 258) is a British anthem that was...
- Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727
An Act for naturalizing Louis Sechehaye, George Frideric...
- Will of George Frideric Handel
Will of George Frideric Handel. George Frideric Handel (23...
- Haydn
Portrait of Haydn by Thomas Hardy (1791). Franz Joseph Haydn...
- John Taylor
Taylor, depicted at upper left, in William Hogarth's 1736...
- List of Operas by George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel's operas comprise 42 musical dramas...
- The Harmonious Blacksmith
The Harmonious Blacksmith is the popular name of the final...
- Letters and writings
Few of the letters and writings of George Frideric Handel...
- List of Compositions by George Frideric Handel
- Early Years
- Move to England
- Later Years
Handel was born in Halle in the northeast of Germany, in today's Saxony-Anhalt. His father was a barber and a surgeon. He started playing the harpsichord and the organ when he was very young. He was given a clavichord when he was seven and he used to practice it in the attic where his father could not hear him. At the age of nine he was already com...
In 1710, Handel became Kapellmeister (music director) to George, Elector of Hanover, who would soon be King George I of Great Britain. The Elector agreed that Handel could have an immediate leave of 12 months so that he could go to London. He visited London for eight months. His opera Rinaldo was performed in 1711. It was the first time an Italian ...
In April 1739, age 54, he had a stroke. It was probably this which left his right arm paralysed for a while so that he could not perform, but he made an excellent recovery after six weeks at a health spa in Aix-la-Chapelle. At this time he started to write oratorios instead of operas. In 1742 his oratorio Messiah was first performed in Dublin. Surp...
- George Frideric Handel, February 23, 1685, Halle (Saale), Germany
- German
- April 14, 1759 (aged 74), London, United Kingdom
- Westminster Abbey
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