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George Frideric Handel
Also known as Handel, G. F. Händel, Georg Friedrich Händel, George Frideric, Händel, G. F. Handel, George Frederick Handel
German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)
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George Frideric Handel was a German-British composer who lived during the Baroque period and created some of the era's most celebrated music. He matters because his works, which include famous pieces like the "Hallelujah" chorus, became foundational to Western classical music and remain widely performed and loved today.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1685
- Died
- 1759
- Works
- 863
Top works
- Index of the complete works of George Frederic Handel as published by Breitkopf and Haertel
- Second series of Dr. Clarke's Handel
- Joshua
- Samson
- The messiah
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1685-02-23
- Active to
- 1759-04-14
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to George Frideric Handel, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ˈhændəl/ HAN-dəl; baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ; 5 March [O.S. 23 February] 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.
Born in Halle, Handel spent his early life in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the Italian Baroque. In turn, Handel's music forms one of the peaks of the "high baroque" style, bringing Italian opera to its highest development, creating the genres of English oratorio and organ concerto, and introducing a new style into English church music. He is consistently recognised as one of the greatest composers of his age.
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