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	George Frideric Handel
		Handel was born at Halle in Prussia, and died in London.
		In 1710 Handel became Kapellmeister to George, elector of Hanover, afterward George I of the United Kingdom.
		Handel's compositions include some fifty operas, twenty-three oratorios, and a large amount of church music, not to speak of his superb instrumental pieces, such as the organ concerti, the Opus 6 Concerti Grossi, the Water Music, and the Fireworks Music.
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	CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Handel Biography
		With Handel on the other hand, even religious oratorios such as the Messiah, have a theatrical quality that is not exclusively of the church and that communicates to an already burgeoning middle class audience.
		Although Handel was known to be imperious at times, and to have a huge temper as well as an enormous appetite, he was also known for his sense of humor and generous, honorable and pious nature.
		Handel, along with Bach, is one of the supreme glories of his age for many reasons, not the least of which is the sincerity and clarity of his emotional meaning.
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	George Frideric Handel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Frideric Handel (German Georg Friedrich Händel), (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759) was a German Baroque music composer who lived much of his life in Great Britain, a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas and oratorios.
		Handel also had a long association with the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, where many of his Italian operas were premiered.
		Handel is the owner of Garfield in a past life of the TV special Garfield: His 9 Lives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Handel (1044 words)

	George Frideric Handel -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Handel was born at (A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries) Halle in (An area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons) Saxony.
		During the years 1707-1709 Handel traveled and studied in (A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD) Italy.
		Handel lived at 25 Brook Street, (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London from 1723 until his death in 1759.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_frideric_handel.htm (1062 words)

	MSN Encarta - Handel
		Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759), German-born composer, who worked primarily in England, considered one of the most important masters of the baroque period (from about 1600 to 1750).
		Handel and his German contemporary Johann Sebastian Bach are considered the greatest composers of the early 18th century.
		Georg Friedrich Händel was born in Halle, Germany (he later anglicized the spelling of his name).
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	George Frideric Handel, Composer
		George Frideric Handel was the son of a barber-surgeon.
		George and his aunt placed the spinet in the attic and whenever George had a chance he would go to the attic to play.
		George's father was the appointed barber-surgeon to the court of Saxe Weissinfels.
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	Biographie de George Friedrich Handel - Musique classique Bio de Handel
		Georg commença à étudier à l'église luthérienne de Halle avec F.W. Zachow, un organiste et un compositeur bien en vue.
		Handel composait la majeure partie de la musique d'un opéra durant les deux ou trois semaines de répétition, tout son travail était à la merci des producteurs et des prima donnas.
		Handel avait écrit cette œuvre gigantesque en moins de 24 jours à partir du 22 août 1741.
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	Essentials of Music - Composers
		Handel showed great musical talent at an early age, and his father allowed him to study with a local organist and composer.
		In England, Handel continued to write operas in the serious Italian style, but his position as the leading operatic composer in England was soon challenged, first by the advent of a rival opera company (the Opera of the Nobility) and then by the development of a new and lighter style of the ballad opera.
		Handel's output as a composer declined in his later years, but he continued to conduct and perform (he was a brilliant organist).
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	TOCCATA - Composer index of George Frideric Handel
		Handel’s first opera for London was Rinaldo, with which he won general acclaim, and after little over a year in Hanover again, he returned to England in the autumn of 1712.
		He enjoyed the royal patronage of George I, Elector of Hanover, who had succeeded to the English throne in 1715, on the death of Queen Anne, and on the death of the former in 1727 was commissioned to provide anthems for the coronation of George II.
		Handel’s first English oratorio, in 1732, was Esther, with a libretto based on Racine, followed, in 1733, by the biblical Deborah in March and in July Athalia.
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	Georg Friedrich Handel
		Handel himself had a reminder of this idea when at Oxford, many years later, he and his company of fellow-professionals were described by one of the papers as "a lousy crew." Barber Handel showed himself very determined on the point.
		But George had managed to drag a rickety spinet (a weak-sounding kind of piano) away up to the attic where he slept, and when the rest of the household were in bed he would creep quietly to the instrument and exercise his tiny fingers until they ached and his eyes blinked.
		George was charmed with the effect, and inquiring as to the source of the music, was told all about it by Kielmansegge, who at the same time interceded on Handel’s behalf.
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	Georg Frideric Handel
		The previous year Handel, who had been appointed a composer to the Chapel Royal in 1723, had composed four anthems for the coronation of George II and had taken British naturalization.
		Handel was very economical in the re-use of his ideas; at many times in his life he also drew heavily on the music of others (though generally avoiding detection) - such 'borrowings' may be of anything from a brief motif to entire movements, sometimes as they stood but more often accommodated to his own style.
		Handel died in 1759 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, recognized in England and by many in Germany as the greatest composer of his day.
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	Learn more about George Frideric Handel in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Georg Friedrich Händel, (February 23, 1685 - April 14, 1759) was a Baroque music composer.
		At the age of seven he was a skillful performer on the piano and organ, and at nine he began to compose music.
		In 1710 Handel became Kapellmeister to George, elector of Hanover, afterward George I of the United Kingdom.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /g/ge/george_frideric_handel.html (788 words)

	AllRefer.com - George Frideric Handel (Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Handel was one of the greatest masters of baroque music, most widely celebrated for his majestic oratorio The Messiah.
		Handel's sight became impaired in 1751, and by 1753 he was totally blind, but he continued to conduct performances of his works on occasion.
		Handel's musical style exemplifies the vigor and grandeur of the late German baroque and at the same time has English and Italian qualities of directness, clarity, and charm.
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	Handel, Georg Friedrich: Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Handel sojourned in Italy in 1706 where he met Corelli, and both Scarlattis (Alessandro and Domenico).
		In 1717 Handel succeeded Pepusch as chapel master to the Duke of Chandos.
		Handel is mentioned in a letter (1775) from Carl Philip Emanuel to Forkel as one whose works his father had especially valued in later years.
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	George Friedrich Handel - Composers - Public Domain Music from Royalty Free Music.com
		George Friedrich Handel was a German-born British/German Baroque classical music composer responsible for many concerti grossi, operas and oratorios.
		Handel was born in Saxony on February 23, 1685, and like so many other great composers, showed profound musical talent at an early age.
		While Handel was during his time and the centuries following best known for his religious and sacred musical compositions, recent years have brought about a resurgence of interest in studying and performing his secular cantatas and oratorios.
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	HOASM: George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Handel was intended for a lawyer; but; in spite of his father's strenuous opposition, he secretly taught himself to play the harpsichord.
		In 1692, when Handel was seven years old, his father took him on a visit to his elder step-brother, valet at the court of Saxe-Weissenfels; here the boy gained access to the chapel organ, and was heard by the Duke, who insisted on his receiving a good musical education.
		Handel was peculiarly fortunate in coming to England just as the ebb of English national stage-music after the death of Purcell (from whom he learned much) was turning toward the flood tide of Italian opera.
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	Georg Friedrich Handel
		Handel subsequently studied both law and music, mastering the organ, violin and harpsichord, composing in different musical forms and spending hours copying scores from the manuscript collection of his teacher, the organist and composer Friedrich Zachau.
		Handel entered Halle University in 1702 and within a month was engaged as the probationary organist at the Calvinist cathedral in Halle.
		Handel altered the work's orchestration to suit the demands of various performances, and during his lifetime there was no one definitive edition.
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	College Papers-Handel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		George Friedrich Handel was one of the most accomplished Baroque composers in his time.
		While most of Handel’s operas were based on either historical, mythological, or legendary subjects, Serse, was one of his rare endeavors into comedy.
		Handel’s operas were all sung in Italian, and adhere to the musical conventions of the day.
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	George Frideric Handel: Biography - Classic Cat
		Handel was born in Halle at Saxony-Anhalt to Georg and Dorothea (née Dorothea Taust) Händel in 1685, the same year that both Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti were born.
		Handel was director of the Royal Academy of Music 1720–1728, and a partner of J. Heidegger in the management of the King's Theatre 1729–1734.
		Handel lived at 25 Brook Street, London from 1723 until his death in 1759, now commemorated by a blue plaque on the outside of the building.
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	George Frideric Handel information - Search.com
		George Frideric Handel (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759) was a German/British Baroque composer who was a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas and oratorios.
		Handel was born at Halle in Saxony in 1685, coincidentally in the same year that both Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti were born.
		Handel was director of the Royal Academy of Music 1720-1728, and a partner of J.
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	Organ Composers: George Frederic Handel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The prolific composer George Friedrich Handel had an early affinity for music, but he was not always encouraged in that direction by his barber-surgeon father.
		Handel took quickly to his studies, and by age twelve, he himself was assistant organist of the Cathedral.
		Handel returned to Germany in 1710 and was appointed Kappellmeister to the Elector of Hannover.
	www.byu.edu /music/areas/keyboard/Organ/composers/handel.html (475 words)

	WFIU: Arts Moments
		George Friedrich Handel was born in Halle, Germany, on February 23, 1685, the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach, and just about 50 miles away from Eisenach, Bach's birthplace.
		Handel began his career as a composer of Italian opera, even living in Italy from 1706 to 1710 where he met many eminent musicians and composers, including Corelli and Allesandro and Domenico Scarlatti.
		Handel settled in England for the rest of his life, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1726.
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	Awesome Phones: Cingular: Handel
		I doubt whether sopranos of Handel's age had voices as plush as Ms Fleming's but she manages to keep her tone as light and as airy as possible in these selections, never leaning or swooping into an accompanying note in an "un-Baroque" manner, and the result is simply ravishing.
		While it's not the most thrilling Renee Fleming album in the catalogue, her interpretations of Handel pieces is quite an accomplished feat, but when compared to her earlier efforts, rings hollow with it's lack of emotion.
		Perhaps the pieces of Handel aren't completely flattering to her style, or the mood in the recording studio might not have been exactly right...a million things might have happened to dull this album's power.
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	GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL - a brief biography
		George Frideric Handel, considered one of the greatest composers of the baroque period, was born in Halle, Germany, on Feb. 23, 1685.
		At the age of 12, Handel became the assistant organist at the cathedral of Halle, where the principal organist was his teacher, the excellent composer Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau (1663- 1712).
		A prolific composer in many genres, Handel is well known for his outstanding contributions to English church music, secular vocal music, and instrumental music of various types, particularly the concerto.
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