George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.
Background
- Born in
- Halle (Saale)
- Educated at
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
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Trending topics shown first"You have taken far too much trouble over your opera. Here in England that is mere waste of time. What the English like is something that they can beat time to, something that hits them straight on the…"
"Every Englishman believes that Handel now occupies an important position in heaven. If so, le bon Dieu must feel toward him very much as Louis Treize felt toward Richelieu."
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Timeline
1685
Born
Birth1759
Died
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