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George Frederic Handel

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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Handel
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Interesting Facts about this famous classical Baroque Period Composerare as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Accomplishments and reasons Handel is famous: Classical Composer and musician - he was one of the leading musicians of the Baroque period

  • Fact 2 - He was born in Halle in Germany, February 23, 1685
  • Fact 3 - His full name was George Frederick Handel
  • Fact 4 - His father was a barber and surgeon, who intended his son to become a lawyer
  • Fact 5 - As a little boy George Frederick Handel practiced the harpsichord in the garret
  • Fact 6 - Handel accompanied his father on a visit to the home of the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
  • Fact 7 - Handel played the organ and gained the Duke's attention
  • Fact 8 - The Duke advised the father to let the boy study music
  • Fact 9 - His first teacher of Handel was Zachau, who taught him to play the organ and harpsichord
  • Fact 10 - After a few years Handel went to Berlin with his teacher with Zachau
  • Fact 11 - Handel then returned to Halle, but after his father's death he went to Hamburg
  • Fact 12 - At Hamburg the composer and Johann Mattheson became good friends
  • Fact 13 - George Frederick Handel then lived in Italy for three years
  • Fact 14 - Returning to Germany he agreed to become Capellmeister to the Elector of Hanover
  • Fact 15 - He failed to keep his promise to the Elector by overstaying his leave of absence in London
  • Fact 16 - The Elector became King of England. He was very angry at Handel for disobeying him
  • Fact 17 - Handel won his favor again by writing the Water Music for a royal boat procession on the river Thames
  • Fact 18 - For many years George Frederick composed operas, but finally he won fame by writing oratorios
  • Fact 19 - He wrote the Messiah and many other oratorios
  • Fact 20 - George Frederick Handel became blind toward the end of his life
  • Fact 21 - He never met his fellow countryman, Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Fact 22 - George Frederick Handel died on Good Friday, 1759
  • Fact 23 - His music lives on and the musical works of Handel include the following:
    • Oratorios by Handel
      • Messiah - 1741
        Samson - 1741
        Belshazzar - 1744
        Joshua - 1747
        Alexander Balus - 1747
        Susanna - 1748
        Solomon - 1748
        Theodora - HWV 68 - 1749
        The Choice of Hercules 1750
        Jeptha - HWV 70 - 1751
        The Triumph of Time and Truth - 1752
    • Opera
      • Almira - 1704
        Nero - 1705
        Rodrigo - 1707
        Agrippina - 1709
        Orlando - 1732

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