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Line 1: − [[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]].+ Line 25:
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[[Image:George Handel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Balthasar Denner's portrait of Handel (1733)]]
[[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 ==
== List of works ==
* Siroe, Tolomeo (both 1728)
* Siroe, Tolomeo (both 1728)
* Lotario (1729)
* Lotario (1729)
* Partenope (1729-30, rev. 1730, 1736)
* Partenope (1729–30, rev. 1730, 1736)
* Poro (1731)
* Poro (1731)
* Ezio, Sosarme (both 1732)
* Ezio, Sosarme (both 1732)
* Arminio, Giustino, Berenice (all 1737)
* Arminio, Giustino, Berenice (all 1737)
* Faramondo, Serse (both 1738)
* Faramondo, Serse (both 1738)
* Imeneo (1738-40)
* Imeneo (1738–40)
* Deidamia (1740)
* Deidamia (1740)
CHURCH MUSIC:
CHURCH MUSIC:
* [[Gloria]] Patri (1707)
* [[Gloria]] Patri (1707)
* Utrecht [[Te Deum]] and [[Jubilate]] (1712-13)
* Utrecht [[Te Deum]] and [[Jubilate]] (1712–13)
* Dettingen Te Deum (1743)
* Dettingen Te Deum (1743)
* 11 Chandos [[Anthem]]s (1717-18)
* 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)
* 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)
* The Ways of Zion do Mourn, funeral [[anthem]] for Queen Caroline (1737)
* 12 fl. sonatas
* 12 fl. sonatas
* 6 [[trio sonata]]s
* 6 [[trio sonata]]s
* 9 trio sonatas, Op.2 (1722-33)
* 9 trio sonatas, Op.2 (1722–33)
* 7 trio sonatas, Op.5 (1739)
* 7 trio sonatas, Op.5 (1739)
* [[viol|viola da gamba]] sonata
* [[viol|viola da gamba]] sonata