Georg Händel (senior) was born at the beginning of the war and was apprenticed to a barber in Halle at the age of 14 after his father died. [g] When he was 20, he married the widow of the …

Dec 11, 2025 · George Frideric Handel (born February 23, 1685, Halle, Brandenburg [Germany]—died April 14, 1759, London, England) was a German-born English composer of …

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Opera dominated Handel’s career, yet for several centuries he was better known for his oratorios and instrumental works. He forged a personal idiom by taking Italian traditions and adding in …

Jul 20, 2023 · George Frideric Handel (1685 to 1759) was a composer of baroque music who was born in Germany but became an English citizen. His most famous works include his Messiah, …

This web site is an evolving project dedicated to the great baroque composer George Frideric Handel (auf deutsch: "Georg Friedrich Händel"; elsewhere also written Haendel or Hendel, …

Born in Halle in the Electorate of Brandenburg, Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) is the most important Baroque composer aside from Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).