George Frideric Handel
Born: 5th March 1685, Halle (Saale)
Died: 14th April 1759, London
Nationality: English, German
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel 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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- Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 2 in B flat major, HWV313 (1)
- Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor, HWV316 (1)
- Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 6 in D major, HWV317 (1)
- Dank sei Dir Gott (2)
- Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) (4)
- Harp Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4 No. 6, HWV 294 (1)
- Joy to the World (11)
- Judas Maccabaeus: See, the conqu'ring hero comes! (1)
- Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo) (7)
- Minuet (1)
- Ombra mai fu (from Serse) (1)
- Passacaglia (1)
- Sarabande (1)
- Sinfonia & Gavotte (1)
- Sixteen Concertos for Organ and Strings (1)
- Theme and Variations in G minor (1)
- Tochter Zion, freue dich (1)
- Xerxes, HWV 40: Largo (2)
