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Line 1: − [[Image:George Handel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Balthasar Denner's portrait of Handel (1733)]]+ − [[George Frideric Handel]] (1685 - 1759) (German: '''Georg Friedrich Händel''') was a [[German]]-born [[British]] (since 1727<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/parliamentary-archives/archives-highlights/handel-and-naturalisation/ The UK Parliament Website: ''British Citizen by Act of Parliament: George Frideric Handel'']</ref>) composer and organist. His works fall within the [[Baroque]] era of Western [[Classical music]]. Handel was, during his lifetime, perhaps the most internationally famous of all musicians. [http://www.8notes.com/school/history/handel.asp] The legacy of Handel may be found in the dramatic power and lyrical beauty inherent in his [[music]].+ − + − == List of works ==+ − + − [[Opera|OPERAS]]:+ − * [[Hamburg]]: Almira, Nero (lost) (both 1705) − * Florindo e Dafne (lost) (1707) − * [[Florence]]: Rodrigo (1707) − * [[Venice]]: Agrippina (1709) − * [[London]]: Rinaldo (1711, rev. 1731) − * Il pastor fido (1712; 2nd version with ballet Terpsicore, 1734) − * Teseo (1712) − * Silla (1714) − * Amadigi di Gaula (1715) − * Radamisto (1720, rev. 1720, 1721, 1728) − * Muzio Scevola, Floridante (both 1721) − * Ottone (1722) − * Flavio (1723) − * Giulio Cesare in Egitto (1723-4) − * Tamerlano (1724, rev. 1731) − * Rodelinda, regina de'Longobardi (1725) − * Scipione, Alessandro (both 1726) − * Admeto, Riccardo I (both 1727) − * Siroe, Tolomeo (both 1728) − * Lotario (1729) − * Partenope (1729-30, rev. 1730, 1736) − * Poro (1731) − * Ezio, Sosarme (both 1732) − * Orlando (1733) − * Arianna (1734) − * Ariodante, Alcina (both 1735) − * Atalanta (1736) − * Arminio, Giustino, Berenice (all 1737) − * Faramondo, Serse (both 1738) − * Imeneo (1738-40) − * Deidamia (1740) − − [[Orchestra|ORCHESTRA]]: − * Water Music (c.1717) − * Music for Royal Fireworks (1749) − − DRAMATIC [[oratorio|ORATORIOS]]: − * [[Rome]]: La Resurrezione, Trionfo del Tempo (1708) − * Naples: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (1709) − * Hamburg: Der für die Sünde der Welt gemartete und sterbende Jesus (Brockes Passion) (?1716) − * London: Haman and Mordecai (masque 1720, later rev. as Esther in 1732) − * Acis and Galatea (1718; rev. 1732 incorporating part of 1708 cantata on same subject, and 1743) − * Deborah (1733) − * Athalia (1733) − * Alexander's Feast (1736) − * Israel in Egypt (1738) − * Saul, Ode for St Cecilia's Day (1739) − * L'Allegro, il Pensieroso ed il Moderato (1740) − * [[Handel's Messiah|Messiah]] (1741) − * Samson (1741-2) − * Joseph and his Brethren, Semele (1743) − * Belshazzar, Hercules (1744) − * Occasional Oratorio, Judas Maccabaeus (1746) − * Alexander Balus, Joshua (1747) − * Solomon, Susanna (1748) − * Theodora, Alceste (1749) − * Choice of Hercules (1750) − * Jephtha (1751) − * Triumph of Time and Truth (1757) − − [[Cantata|CANTATAS]] AND CHAMBER DUETS: Handel comp. 100 of the former and 20 of the latter. Among the best known are: − * Silete Venti, sop., instr. (1729) − * La terra è liberata (Apollo e Dafne), sop., bass, instr. (c.1708) − * O numi eterni (La Lucrezia), sop., continuo (1709) − − CHURCH MUSIC: − * [[Gloria]] Patri (1707) − * Utrecht [[Te Deum]] and [[Jubilate]] (1712-13) − * Dettingen Te Deum (1743) − * 11 Chandos [[Anthem]]s (1717-18) − * 4 Coronation [[Anthem]]s (1727: The King Shall Rejoice; Let thy hand be strengthened; My heart is inditing; Zadok the Priest) − * The Ways of Zion do Mourn, funeral [[anthem]] for Queen Caroline (1737) − − VOCAL: − * Birthday Ode for [[Queen Anne]] (1713) − * 9 [[Germany|German]] Arias (1729) − − INSTRUMENTAL AND [[chamber music|CHAMBER MUSIC]]: − * 6 [[concerto grosso|Concerti Grossi]], str., ww., continuo, Op.3 (1734) − * 12 Concerti Grossi, str., optional wind, Op.6 (1739) − * 5 [[concerto|Concerti]], orch. (1741) − * 6 [[organ]] concerti, Op.4 (1738) − * 6 organ concerti, Op.7 (1760) − * 6 organ concerti (1740) − * 15 chamber sonatas (fls., recorders), Op.1 (1724) − * 3 concerti a due cori − * 2 ob. [[sonata]]s − * 12 fl. sonatas − * 6 [[trio sonata]]s − * 9 trio sonatas, Op.2 (1722-33) − * 7 trio sonatas, Op.5 (1739) − * [[viol|viola da gamba]] sonata − * 8 [[suite]]s de pièces, ([[harpsichord]]) (1720) See also Harmonious Blacksmith − * 8 suites de pièces (1733, these incl. the well-known Chaconne in G) − * 6 [[Fugue]]s (1736) − − == See also == − − *[[Domenico Scarlatti]] − *[[Ludwig van Beethoven]] − − == External links == − − *[http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/George_Frideric_Handel/24403.htm HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC BIOGRAPHY] − *[http://www.8notes.com/school/history/handel.asp George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)] − − == References == − <references /> − − − {{DEFAULTSORT:Handel, George Frideric}} − − [[Category:Musicians]] − [[Category:Composers]]
Replaced content with "The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord! Exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation. Glory and worship hast thou laid upon him. Thou hast prevented him with the bless..."
The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord!
Exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation.
Glory and worship hast thou laid upon him.
Thou hast prevented him with the blessings of goodness, and hast set a
crown of pure gold upon his head.
Alleluia!