George Frideric Handel (Composer)
Born: 5th March 1685, Halle (Saale)
Died: 14th April 1759, London
Nationality: English, German
George Frideric was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the Italian Baroque.
Handel started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera. In 1737 he had a physical breakdown, changed direction creatively, and addressed the middle class and made a transition to English choral works.
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Popular Works: Handel
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon) (179)
- Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 1 in G major, HWV319 (62)
- Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 2 in F major, HWV320 (50)
- Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 4 in A minor, HWV322 (54)
- Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 5 in D major, HWV323 (61)
- Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 6 in G minor, HWV324 (63)
- Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7 in B flat major, HWV325 (46)
- Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 8 in C minor, HWV326 (44)
- Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 10 in D minor, HWV328 (60)
- Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 12 in B minor, HWV330 (55)
- Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest' (159)
- Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) (166)
- Harp Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4 No. 6, HWV 294 (69)
- Keyboard Suite, HWV 427 in F major (51)
- Keyboard Suite, HWV 428 in D minor (48)
- Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (58)
- Keyboard Suite, HWV 432 in G minor (49)
- Keyboard Suite, HWV 435 (Chaconne) in G major (68)
- Largo from Xerxes (instrumental arrangement) (68)
- Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo) (140)
- Let the bright seraphim (from Samson) (72)
- Messiah (157)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351 (132)
- Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor, HWV 287 (47)
- Ombra mai fu (from Serse) (189)
- Organ Concerto No. 1 in G minor, HWV289, Op. 4 No. 1 (48)
- Organ Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, HWV290, Op. 4 No. 2 (52)
- Organ Concerto No. 4 in F major, HWV292, Op. 4 No. 4 (60)
- Organ Concerto No. 5 in F major, HWV293, Op. 4 No. 5 (62)
- Organ Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, HWV294, Op. 4 No. 6 (44)
- Organ Concerto No. 13 in F major, HWV295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' (47)
- Sonata in A minor for recorder and continuo, HWV362, Op. 1 No. 4 (51)
- Sonata in C major for recorder and continuo, HWV365, Op. 1 No. 7 (48)
- Sonata in D major for violin and continuo, HWV371, Op. 1 No. 13 (51)
- Sonata in F major for recorder and continuo, HWV369, Op. 1 No. 11 (49)
- Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV348 (105)
- Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV349 (80)
- Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major, HWV350 (62)
- Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350 (72)
- Where'er you walk (from Semele) (56)
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