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    George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ˈhændəl/; baptised Georg Fried(e)rich Händel, German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April...
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    of the Händel-Gesellschaft (1860), but is now thought to have been composed by the German composer Georg Böhm. George Frideric Handel Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis...
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    February 1697) was a barber-surgeon and the father of Georg Frideric Handel. Händel's father, Valentin Händel (1582–1636), was a coppersmith, from Breslau (present...
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  • Classical-period composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach, and Georg Frideric Handel, as well as figures more often regarded as belonging to the early...
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  • and lists every piece of music known to have been written by George Frideric Handel. The catalogue also includes the first few bars of each piece and large...
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    Theodora (HWV 68) is a dramatic oratorio in three acts by George Frideric Handel, set to an English libretto by Thomas Morell. The oratorio concerns the...
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    Handel House (German: Händel-Haus) is a cultural site in Halle in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The composer George Frideric Handel was born here in 1685; it...
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    Daphne (libretto) Die verwandelte Daphne Handel Society Suite in B flat major, HWV 352 (Handel, George Frideric): Scores at the International Music Score...
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    George Frideric Handel's Gloria is a sacred solo cantata, a setting of the Gloria, the liturgical part of the Mass, for soprano and strings. Handel may have...
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    Sechehaye, George Frideric Handel, Anthony Furstenau and Michael Schlegel (13 Geo. 1. c. 2), later given the short title of Handel's Naturalisation Act...
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    Allor ch'io dissi addio (category Cantatas by George Frideric Handel)
    instrumental accompaniment) for soprano written by Georg Frideric Handel in 1707–08. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG l,8 (there...
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    Samson (HWV 57) is a three-act oratorio by George Frideric Handel, considered to be one of his finest dramatic works. It is usually performed as an oratorio...
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  • George Frideric Handel's operas comprise 42 musical dramas that were written between 1705 and 1741 in various genres. Though his large scale English language...
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    grouped with the other "warriors of the faith." Baroque composer Georg Frideric Handel composed the oratorio Joshua in 1747. Composer Franz Waxman composed...
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    The Handel organ concertos, Op. 7, HWV 306–311, refer to the six organ concertos for organ and orchestra composed by George Frideric Handel in London...
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    dramatic secular cantata for soprano written by Georg Frideric Handel in 1707–09. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG l,48 (there...
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    (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale...
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  • Dixit Dominus is a psalm setting by George Frideric Handel (catalogued as HWV 232). It uses the Latin text of Psalm 110 (Vulgate 109), which begins with...
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  • George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) wrote his will over a number of years and with a number of codicils. Handel created the first...
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  • composer George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel (born Georg Friedrich Händel, 1685–1759), German/British Baroque composer Karen Handel (born 1962)...
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  • Protestant German poet Georg Gerster, Swiss photographer George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel in German), German composer Georg Philipp Harsdorffer...
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    is an oratorio pastiche compiled largely from the works of George Frideric Handel by John Christopher Smith. It was first performed on 10 February 1769...
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  • composer Georg Friedrich Händel, focusing in particular on the years leading up to his 1741 oratorio Messiah. Wilfrid Lawson as George Frideric Handel Elizabeth...
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    orchestral movements, often published as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered on 17 July 1717, in response to King George I's request...
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    Alexander's Feast (HWV 75) is an ode with music by George Frideric Handel set to a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton. Hamilton adapted his libretto from John...
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    and 1902, the Händel-Gesellschaft ("German Handel Society") produced a collected 105-volume edition of the works of George Frideric Handel. Even though...
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  • were composed for either opere serie or semiserie, as in those of Georg Frideric Handel. They were a popular convention of French and especially Italian...
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  • was an Irish countertenor, best known for his association with Georg Frideric Handel. He began his career in the early 1740s, working with John Frederick...
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    composer George Frideric Handel and the American rock singer-guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who lived at 25 and 23 Brook Street respectively. Handel made his home...
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    The Handel organ concertos, Op. 4, HWV 289–294, are six organ concertos for chamber organ and orchestra composed by George Frideric Handel in London between...
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