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George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ ˈ h æ n d əl / HAN-dəl; [a] baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, [b] German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ⓘ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) [3] [c] was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.
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 works written for the theatre are technically oratorios and not operas, several of them, such as Semele (1744), have become an important part of the opera repertoire.
Autograph lost. Performed for King George I on The Thames from a barge containing about 50 musicians. The King insisted on the performance being repeated more than once 349 Suite. Water Music suite No. 2: D major 1717 17 July 1717 1788 Autograph lost. Performed for King George I on The Thames from a barge containing about 50 musicians.
La resurrezione (The Resurrection), HWV 47, is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, set to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652–1728). Capece was court poet to Queen Marie Casimire of Poland, who was living in exile in Rome.
Georg was the sixth child of Valentin and Anna, born in 1622 [1] in the Neumarkt section of Halle. [2] Valentin became a respected citizen of the city. The 1697 inscription on the vault Georg Händel purchased in 1674 refers to his father as "Councillor," [3] presumably a member of the city council of Halle. Georg's two older brothers, Valentin ...
A tempo ordinario e staccato – Allegro – Adagio e staccato – Allegro, ma non presto First performed with the oratorio "Esther" (HWV 50b) 291 Op. 4, No. 3 G minor 1735 5 March 1735 1738 Adagio – Allegro – Adagio –Allegro Variant versions of last movement. First performed with the oratorio "Esther" (HWV 50b) 292 Op. 4, No. 4 F major
The largo e piano in F major is one of Handel's most sublime and simple slow movements, a sarabande in the Italian trio sonata style. Above a steady crotchet walking bass, the sustained theme is gently exchanged between the two violin parts, with imitations and suspensions; harmonic colour is added in the discreet viola part.
Händel c. 1710 The Triumph of Time and Truth is the final name of an oratorio by George Frideric Handel produced in three different versions across fifty years of the composer’s career: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (The Triumph of Time and Disillusion) , HWV 46a