George Frideric Handel

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George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Born in Halle, Germany, he spent his early years in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent most of his career and became a naturalised British subject in 1727. Handel's music was influenced by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and Italian Baroque composers. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Georg+Friedrich+H%C3%A4ndel">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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5 total works indexed

1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

   · 2007 · cited 79,666x

2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

   · 1997 · cited 47,802x

3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

   · 2015 · cited 40,112x

4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

   · 2015 · cited 26,991x

5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

   · 1961 · cited 23,021x

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Authority record · VIAF

Nationality

GB, DE, IT, ITA, GBR

Role / Field

Compositores, Compositeurs, Composers, Composer, Vijolnieks, Music

Language

ger, eng, zxx, deu

Gender

Male

Recorded by 46 libraries

Quotes

• “Whether I was in my body or out of my body I know not. God knows it!”
• “I did think I did see all heaven before me, and the great God himself.”
• “I should be sorry if I only entertained them, I wish to make them better.”
• “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 drum of the ear.”
• “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
• “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel, God with us.”

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Official website

gfhandel.org

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George Frideric Handel by Balthasar Denner.jpg

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