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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759); One of the greatest composers of He was one of the first composers to have a biography written of him (1760), to have centennial celebrations of his birth (1784-1786), and to have a complete edition of his music published (40 vol., 1787-1797)-Ludwig van Beethoven cherished his set.
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www.8notes.com/school/history/handel.asp
www.8notes.com/school/history/handel.asp
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Biography (at the Classical Music Pages).
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w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/handel.html
w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/handel.html
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George Frideric Handel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Frideric Handel (German: Georg Friedrich Händel ( )) (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-English Baroque composer, who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concert...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel
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Born in Halle (50 miles from Eisenach, Bach's birthplace) in the same year as Bach, Handel studied with Zachau, and became a friend of Mattheson. In 1703 he was appointed violinist-composer for Hamburg's German opera.
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jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/handel.html
jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/handel.html
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George Frideric Handel: Life and work in Germany and England, at Court, his operas and oratorios. Many music samples. ... Though his father had intended him for the law, Handel's own musical inclinations seem always to have been clear to him. At the age of 18, in 1703, he traveled to Hamburg, where he took a job as a...
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www.baroquemusic.org/bqxhandel.html
www.baroquemusic.org/bqxhandel.html
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Haendel, Friedrich Georg [George Frideric Handel] ... Born in the German town of Halle in 1685, Handel studied briefly at the University of Halle, before moving to Hamburg in 1703, where he served as a violinist in the opera orchestra and subsequently as harpsichordist and composer. ... Biography selected from Naxos,
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www.kunstderfuge.com/bios/handel.html
www.kunstderfuge.com/bios/handel.html
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Biographical information, catalog of compositions, recent recordings and reviews, bibliographies, organizations, and links. (by Brad Leissa) ... "Handel is the greatest composer who ever lived. I would bare my head and kneel at his grave" ; -- L.v. Beethoven (1824)
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gfhandel.org/
gfhandel.org/
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