George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-British baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel ...

George Frideric Handel’s father was a barber and valet to the Prince of Saxe-Magdeburg. He was in his mid-sixties when his son was born and he hated music. Somehow young Handel managed to learn the ...

His black marble gravestone in the south transept reads GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL BORN YE 23 FEBRUARY 1684 DIED YE 14 OF APRIL 1759. The coat of arms on his gravestone is now very worn. A 19th century ...

Handel's music has been performed at every coronation of a British monarch since King George II." The film reunites Embankment with Hopkins following The Father, for which Hopkins was awarded his ...

Some of the techniques found in George Handel's Messiah can be transferred to performances and composing. By understanding the effects of each may develop musicianship skills. They are shown here ...

The Chorale, in collaboration with the Lubbock Christian University choirs, will perform George Frideric Handel’s Messiah – one of the most revered masterpieces in history, often performed and ...

After the king’s death in 1727, Handel was commissioned to compose Zadok the Priest for the coronation of George II. The anthem has been sung at every British coronation ever since. Handel’s ...

The composer George Frideric Handel wrote this letter to his friend and librettist Charles Jennens on 19th July 1744. It was written about a year after the London premiere of Handel's great ...