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