Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer
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Haendel, 1685-1759
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Händel, Georg Friedrich, 1685-1759
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Händel, Georg Friedrich, 1685-1759
Handell, 1685-1759
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Handell, 1685-1759
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Most material is from the oratorio; see Callno. 7087. This arrangement 1943.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
From the opera in three acts, librettist unknown. Composed 1707 or 1708.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV). Studien-Ausgabe von Ralf Wehner (Wiesbaden, 2009), Anh. B.
From the opera composed 1736. First performance Covent Garden, London, 16 February 1737.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Most material is from Handel's incidental music composed 1750 for Tobias Smollett's play Alcestis, not produced. First published as Alcides ca. 1790. This transcription 1943. First performance Town Hall, New York, 5 February 1944, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Zoltan Fekete conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
From an unidentified cantata, possibly spurious. This transcription 1942.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
In this edition, the order of the second and third movements is the reverse of that in the Bell catalog. Composed ca. 1703-05. This transcription 1923. First performance London, 1924.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Most material is from the oratorio composed 1747. This transcription 1941. First performance New York, 5 December 1941, Midtown Symphony Orchestra, Zoltán Fekete conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
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This overture was used by Handel in the pasticcio "Oreste."--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Composed ca. 1722.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
British composer.
English (naturalized) composer of German birth.
From the oratorio in three acts with libretto by Thomas Morell. Composed 1751. First performance Covent Garden, London, 26 February 1752, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
From the opera composed 1709. First performance Teatro San Giovanni Crisotomo, Venice, 26 December 1709.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
George Frideric Handel was an English composer of German birth. Handel's father wanted his son to study law, but was persuaded to allow him to study music. After training in Germany and Italy, he had some success with opera in England, eventually becoming a naturalized British citizen, sponsored by King George II. Handel is considered the finest composer of his time, not only for opera, but for numerous pieces in diverse forms, and for devising and perfecting the oratorio form. He was also instrumental in introducing opera to England, co-managing the King's Theatre with J. J. Heidegger for several years.
George Frideric Handel was an English composer of German birth. Though consistently acknowledged as one of the greatest composers of his age, his reputation from his death to the early 20th century rested largely on the knowledge of a small number of orchestral works and oratorios, "Messiah" in particular. In fact, he contributed to every musical genre current in his time, both vocal and instrumental. The composition of operas, mainly on Italian librettos, dominated the earlier part of his career, and are the finest (though not the most typical) of their kind. In his later years his commitment to large-scale vocal works, usually with a strong dramatic element, found a more individual outlet in English oratorio, a genre that he invented and established. -- Oxford Music Online. (http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com:80/subscriber/article/grove/music/40060) Retrieved2/6/2009.
Handel's "Israel in Egypt" is unique among his oratorios in the way that the chorus takes the lead throughout. It was not a success at its premiere, probably because the audience found the music old-fashioned. And later ages have disapproved of it because Handel borrowed so much of the music from other composers - and from himself. But that need not trouble us. The important thing about the amazing "Hailstone Chorus" is not that it is based on a piece by Stradella; what matters is the way that Handel makes it completely his own with a new rushing orchestral accompaniment and those choral shouts of "fire." Evoking the various plagues sent against the Egyptians brought out all Handel's inventive powers. - Times Online (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article862462.ece) Retrieved 2/6/2009.
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