
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.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel
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Popular Works: Handel
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon) (85)
- Chandos Anthem No. 9 ' O praise the Lord with one consent', HWV 254 (26)
- Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 2 in B flat major, HWV313 (32)
- Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 3 in G major, HWV314 (25)
- Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 4a in F Major, HWV315 (30)
- Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor, HWV316 (25)
- Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest' (81)
- Coronation Anthem No. 3, HWV260 'The King Shall Rejoice' (31)
- Coronation Anthem No. 4, HWV261 'My Heart is Inditing' (32)
- Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (35)
- For unto us a child is born (from Messiah) (41)
- Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) (196)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV54 (29)
- Judas Maccabaeus: Hallelujah, Amen (28)
- Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo) (51)
- Messiah (128)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351 (95)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351: Bourrée (34)
- Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV76 (26)
- Ombra mai fu (from Serse) (95)
- Organ Concerto No. 1 in G minor, HWV289, Op. 4 No. 1 (42)
- Organ Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, HWV290, Op. 4 No. 2 (42)
- Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor, HWV291, Op. 4 No. 3 (40)
- Organ Concerto No. 4 in F major, HWV292, Op. 4 No. 4 (41)
- Organ Concerto No. 5 in F major, HWV293, Op. 4 No. 5 (43)
- Organ Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, HWV294, Op. 4 No. 6 (66)
- Organ Concerto No. 7 in B flat major, HWV306, Op. 7 No. 1 (36)
- Organ Concerto No. 8 in A major, HWV307, Op. 7 No. 2 (30)
- Organ Concerto No. 9 in B flat major, HWV308, Op. 7 No. 3 (36)
- Organ Concerto No. 10 in D minor, HWV309, Op. 7 No. 4 (39)
- Organ Concerto No. 11 in G minor, HWV310, Op. 7 No. 5 (39)
- Organ Concerto No. 12 in B flat major, HWV311, Op. 7 No. 6 (27)
- Organ Concerto No. 13 in F major, HWV295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' (39)
- Organ Concerto No. 15 in D minor, HWV304 (29)
- Organ Concerto No. 16 in F major, HWV305 (34)
- Samson (31)
- Te Deum in D major 'Dettingen', HWV283 (43)
- Utrecht Jubilate, HWV279 (26)
- Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350 (42)
- Where'er you walk (from Semele) (45)