Georg HändelGeorg Händel (German:; Halle, Archbishopric of Magdeburg, 24 September 1622 – Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg, 11 February 1697) was a barber-surgeon and the father of Georg Frideric Handel. Parents and early lifeHändel's father, Valentin Händel (1582–1636), was a coppersmith from Breslau (present day Wrocław). In 1607 he married Anna Beichling (1586–1670), the daughter of a master coppersmith in Eisleben, Samuel Beichling (1552–1609).
Halle (Saale)City in Saxony-Anhalt, GermanyCity in Saxony-Anhalt, GermanyHalle (Saale), or simply Halle (German pronunciation:), is the second largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz, and Magdeburg, and is Germany's 31st-largest city. With around 226,000 inhabitants, Halle is less populous than the state capital, Magdeburg.
George Frideric HandelGerman-British composer (1685–1759)George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, German:; 5 March 1685 [O.S.23 February 1684] – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.
Newman FlowerSir Walter Newman Flower (8 July 1879 – 12 March 1964) was an English publisher and author. He transformed the fortunes of the publishing house Cassell & Co, and later became its proprietor. As an author, he published studies of the composers George Frideric Handel, Franz Schubert and (as co-author) Arthur Sullivan. He also edited the million-word journals of Arnold Bennett for publication. Life and careerFlower was born at Fontmell Magna, Dorset, England.
HamburgHamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and sixth-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the tenth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. At the base of the Jutland Peninsula, the 110 km (68 mi)-long Elbe estuary begins in Hamburg, at the confluence of the Alster and Bille.BlaubuchThe Blaubuch ('Blue Book') is an inventory of "cultural lighthouses": culturally important sites in the eastern Länder of Germany. It was first published in 2001, as an evaluation study proposed by the then Secretary of Culture of the German Federal Republic, Michael Naumann, and written by the librarian Paul Raabe; further editions have since been published.
Saxony-AnhaltSaxony-Anhalt ( ; German: Sachsen-Anhalt; Low German: Sassen-Anholt) is a landlocked state of Germany. It covers an area of 20,555 square kilometres (7,936 sq mi) and has a population of about 2.14 million inhabitants, making it the 8th-largest state in Germany by area and the 11th-largest by population. Saxony-Anhalt borders the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. Its capital is Magdeburg.
Handel's lost Hamburg operasIn 1703, the 18-year-old composer George Frideric Handel took up residence in Hamburg, Germany, where he remained until 1706. During this period he composed four operas, only the first of which, Almira, has survived more or less intact. Of the other three, the music for Nero is lost, while only short orchestral excerpts from Florindo and Daphne survive.Handel Festival, HalleThe Handel Festival (in German: Händel-Festspiele) in Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt, is an international music festival concentrating on the music of George Frideric Handel in the composer's birthplace. It was founded on May 25, 1922 and it grew into a center of Handel studies and performance in Europe. Especially Handel's operas have been staged regularly, some of them as first revivals.
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach HouseThe Wilhelm Friedemann Bach House is a cultural site in Halle in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The composer Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, lived here during part of his career; the building now has an exhibition about W. F. Bach and other composers who lived in Halle.Handel Reference DatabaseThe Handel Reference Database (HRD) is the largest documentary collection on George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) and his times. It was launched in January 2008 on the server of the Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities (CCARH) at Stanford University.
Robert Schumann HouseRobert Schumann House is a museum in Zwickau in Germany. The composer Robert Schumann was born here in 1810; it now houses a large collection relating to the composer.
Mendelssohn HouseMendelssohn House is a museum in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany. The composer Felix Mendelssohn lived here from 1845 until his death in 1847; it now contains a collection about the life and work of the composer.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.