George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ˈhændəl/; baptised Georg Fried(e)rich Händel, German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April... 99 KB (11,296 words) - 09:51, 19 April 2024 |
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... 11 KB (358 words) - 14:15, 30 April 2021 |
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... 17 KB (224 words) - 08:49, 7 March 2024 |
Louis Sechehaye, George Frideric Handel, Anthony Furstenau and Michael Schlegel (13 Geo. 1. c. 2), later given the short title of Handel's Naturalisation... 5 KB (452 words) - 20:42, 18 August 2023 |
letters and writings of George Frideric Handel remain today—certainly far fewer than remain for other major composers. Handel wrote relatively few letters... 22 KB (214 words) - 21:32, 15 July 2022 |
Messiah (HWV 56), the English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts, listed here in tables for their... 27 KB (1,394 words) - 03:24, 26 March 2024 |
Water Music (redirect from Water Music (Handel)) published as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered on 17 July 1717, in response to King George I's request for a concert on the River... 14 KB (1,491 words) - 16:13, 5 January 2024 |
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... 3 KB (159 words) - 00:14, 9 August 2023 |
1986, 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... 5 KB (320 words) - 14:23, 25 March 2023 |
Ombra mai fu (redirect from Largo (Handel)) known as "Largo from Xerxes" or "Handel's Largo", is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by George Frideric Handel. "Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra... 7 KB (880 words) - 22:07, 18 April 2024 |
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... 7 KB (899 words) - 00:30, 5 September 2023 |
Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) (redirect from Sarabande handel) The Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) was composed by George Frideric Handel, for solo keyboard (harpsichord), between 1703 and 1706. It is also referred... 5 KB (391 words) - 09:11, 20 February 2024 |
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... 21 KB (1,655 words) - 22:25, 22 August 2023 |
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline (category Anthems by George Frideric Handel) George Frideric Handel. It was composed and first performed for the funeral of Caroline of Ansbach at Westminster Abbey on 17 December 1737. Handel slightly... 7 KB (877 words) - 10:45, 20 February 2023 |
George Frideric Handel is reported to have had a great love for painting, and until his eyesight failed him, he enjoyed viewing collections of pictures... 7 KB (152 words) - 16:55, 15 April 2021 |
composer George Frideric Handel and the American rock singer-guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who lived at 25 and 23 Brook Street respectively. Handel made his... 20 KB (2,538 words) - 16:23, 19 January 2024 |
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... 6 KB (612 words) - 20:42, 31 December 2022 |
Zadok the Priest (category Anthems by George Frideric Handel) (HWV 258) is a British anthem that was composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of George II in 1727. Alongside The King Shall Rejoice, My... 9 KB (916 words) - 16:18, 1 April 2024 |
(HWV 50) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. It is generally acknowledged to be the first English oratorio. Handel set a libretto after the Old... 15 KB (1,847 words) - 11:17, 11 March 2024 |
Dangerous Liaisons (category Films scored by George Fenton) 18th-Century-French setting; pieces by Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Christoph Willibald Gluck feature prominently, although no French... 37 KB (2,819 words) - 13:07, 19 April 2024 |
The Triumph of Time and Truth (category Oratorios by George Frideric Handel) of an oratorio by George Frideric Handel produced in three different versions across fifty years of the composer’s career: Handel’s very first oratorio... 3 KB (259 words) - 06:12, 27 April 2024 |