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Handel (other)
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German/British Baroque composer. Handel may also refer to: Places * Handel Ice Piedmont, Alexander Island, Antarctica * Handel, Saskatchewan, a village in Canada * Handel, Netherlands, a village in Gemert-Bakel, the Netherlands * 3826 Handel, a small main-belt asteroid * Handel (crater), a crater on Mercury Business * Handel Architects, a firm founded in New York in 1994 * Handel's Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt, an ice cream parlor franchise * Swedish Commercial Employees' Union or Handels Other uses * Handel (name) * HANDEL, the UK's National Attack Warning System in the Cold War * Handel Medallion, an award presented by the City of New York * Handel Prize, an award presented by Halle, Germany * Sir Handel, a character from ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' * Pip, the protagonist of Dickens' novel ''Great Expectations'', called "Handel" by another character See also * Ida Haendel (1928–2020), Polish-British violinist * Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training in Halle (Saale), Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727, became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphony, 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 recognized as one of the greatest composers of his age. Handel started three c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
