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| rdfs:comment | - And all this despite his obvious handicap.
- George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a Human composer in the 18th century. His works were among those Doctor Gillian Taylor used to communicate with Harpo, a cetacean member of her oceanographic study team on Pacifica. (TOS - Strange New Worlds II short story: "The Hero of My Own Life")
- Within fifteen years, Handel had started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera. Musicologist Winton Dean writes that his operas show that "Handel was not only a great composer; he was a dramatic genius of the first order." As Alexander's Feast (1736) was well received, Handel made a transition to English choral works. After his success with Messiah (1742) he never performed an Italian opera again. It has been said that the passion of Handel's oratorios is an ethical one, and that they are hallowed not by liturgical dignity but by moral ideals of humanity. Almost blind, and having lived in England for nearly fifty years, he died in 1759, a respected and rich man. His funeral was given full state honours, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey.
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| filename | - Handel - messiah - 44 hallelujah.ogg
- Handel - messiah - 04 and the glory of the lord.ogg
- Handel - Sonata in E minor - Adagio.ogg
- Handel - Sonata in E minor - Allegro .ogg
- Handel - Sonata in E minor - Allegro.ogg
- Handel - Sonata in E minor - Grave.ogg
- Handel_Gigue_HWV433.ogg
- George Frideric Handel - Fantasias 8,12 and Carillon.ogg
- Handel - messiah - 12 for unto us a child is born.ogg
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| Name | - George Frideric Handel
- Handel, George Frideric
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| Caption | - Portrait of Handel in 1733 by Balthasar Denner
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| Title | - Fantasias 8, 12 and Carillon
- Gigue - HWV 433
- Handel's Messiah, And the Glory of the Lord
- Handel's Messiah, For unto us a child is born
- Handel's Messiah, Hallelujah
- Sonata in E minor - Adagio
- Sonata in E minor - Allegro
- Sonata in E minor - Grave
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| abstract | - And all this despite his obvious handicap.
- George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a Human composer in the 18th century. His works were among those Doctor Gillian Taylor used to communicate with Harpo, a cetacean member of her oceanographic study team on Pacifica. (TOS - Strange New Worlds II short story: "The Hero of My Own Life")
- Within fifteen years, Handel had started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera. Musicologist Winton Dean writes that his operas show that "Handel was not only a great composer; he was a dramatic genius of the first order." As Alexander's Feast (1736) was well received, Handel made a transition to English choral works. After his success with Messiah (1742) he never performed an Italian opera again. It has been said that the passion of Handel's oratorios is an ethical one, and that they are hallowed not by liturgical dignity but by moral ideals of humanity. Almost blind, and having lived in England for nearly fifty years, he died in 1759, a respected and rich man. His funeral was given full state honours, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey. Handel is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era, with works such as Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks and Messiah remaining popular. One of his four Coronation Anthems, Zadok the Priest (1727), composed for the coronation of George II of Great Britain, has been performed at every subsequent British coronation, traditionally during the sovereign's anointing. Handel composed more than forty operas in over thirty years, and since the late 1960s, with the revival of baroque music and historically informed musical performance, interest in Handel's operas has grown.
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