George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Composer
Born in Germany, he travelled widely, especially in Italy, before settling in England where he enjoyed considerable success. He wrote operas, oratorios (The Messiah-written in only three weeks) and orchestral music (The Fireworks Music and Water Music). A botched eye operation when he was 68 left him blind. He was buried in Westminster Abbey with great national splendour.
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- Acis and Galatea (29)
- Agrippina (12)
- Alcina (21)
- Alexander Balus (1)
- Alexander's Feast (24)
- Ariodante (13)
- Athalia (6)
- Belshazzar (10)
- Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317 (29)
- Concerti grossi Op. 6 Nos. 1-12 HWV319-330 (26)
- Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest' (196)
- Coronation Anthem No. 2, HWV259 'Let Thy Hand be Stengthened' (31)
- Coronation Anthem No. 3, HWV260 'The King Shall Rejoice' (45)
- Coronation Anthem No. 4, HWV261 'My Heart is Inditing' (30)
- Coronation Anthems Nos. 1-4 (21)
- Deborah (2)
- Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (45)
- Esther (8)
- Giulio Cesare in Egitto (27)
- Hercules (10)
- Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a (9)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV54 (30)
- Jephtha (18)
- Joseph and his Brethren (3)
- Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 (16)
- L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (15)
- La Resurrezione, HWV47 (17)
- Messiah (173)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351 (142)
- Neun deutsche Arien, HWV202-210 (22)
- Organ Concertos, Op. 4 Nos. 1-6, HWV289-294 (24)
- Organ Concertos, Op. 7 Nos. 1-6, HWV306-311 (17)
- Orlando (12)
- Ottone, Re di Germania (3)
- Partenope, HWV 27 (5)
- Radamisto (3)
- Rinaldo (19)
- Rodelinda (16)
- Samson (10)
- Saul (26)
- Semele (10)
- Serse (14)
- Solomon (18)
- Susanna, HWV66 (4)
- Tamerlano (14)
- The Choice of Hercules (2)
- The Occasional Oratorio, HWV62 (5)
- The Triumph of Time and Truth (4)
- Theodora, HWV 68 (18)
- Utrecht Te Deum, HWV278 (7)
- Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350 (77)
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