George Frideric Handel

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Baroque composer Kapellmeister composer musician naturalised British subject organist

George Frideric Handel was a German-born Baroque composer, later active in London, renowned for his operas, oratorios, and especially his choral masterpiece "Messiah."

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Georg Friedrich Händel 1
Händel 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composer ⓘ
Kapellmeister ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
naturalised British subject ⓘ
organist ⓘ
birthName George Frideric Handel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Georg Friedrich Händel
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
citizenship Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
commemoratedBy Handel House Museum, London ⓘ
Händel-Haus, Halle ⓘ
countryOfBirth Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1685-02-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1759-04-14 ⓘ
educatedBy Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow ⓘ
employer House of Hanover ⓘ
surface form: Hanoverian court

Royal Academy of Music ⓘ
surface form: Royal Academy of Music (London opera company)
familyName George Frideric Handel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Händel
fullName George Frideric Handel self-link ⓘ
genre anthem ⓘ
concerto grosso ⓘ
instrumental music ⓘ
opera ⓘ
oratorio ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
givenName Georg ⓘ
hasSignature Handel signature ⓘ
honouredIn Poets’ Corner ⓘ
surface form: Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey
influenced Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
Joseph Haydn ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
influencedBy Alessandro Scarlatti ⓘ
Arcangelo Corelli ⓘ
German Lutheran church music ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
German ⓘ
notableFor English oratorio tradition ⓘ
choral music ⓘ
operas ⓘ
oratorios ⓘ
notableMovement Hallelujah Chorus ⓘ
notableWork Alcina ⓘ
Coronation Anthems ⓘ
Giulio Cesare ⓘ
Israel in Egypt ⓘ
Messiah ⓘ
Music for the Royal Fireworks ⓘ
Rinaldo ⓘ
Samson ⓘ
Saul ⓘ
Serse ⓘ
Theodora ⓘ
Water Music ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
organist ⓘ
partOf Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque era
placeOfBirth Duchy of Magdeburg ⓘ
Halle (Saale) ⓘ
surface form: Halle

Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Florence ⓘ
Halle (Saale) ⓘ
surface form: Halle

Hamburg ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Rome ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
style late Baroque ⓘ
workPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
mid 18th century ⓘ

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Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre → associatedWith → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
George Frideric Handel → birthName → George Frideric Handel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georg Friedrich Händel
Halle (Saale) → birthplaceOf → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
John Gay → collaboratedWith → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Acis and Galatea (libretto) → collaborator → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Coronation of George II → commissionedMusicFrom → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Zadok the Priest → composer → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
George Frideric Handel → familyName → George Frideric Handel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Händel
George Frideric Handel → fullName → George Frideric Handel self-link ⓘ
Acis and Galatea (libretto) → hasComposer → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
coronation of George VI → hasMusicBy → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Baroque → hasNotableComposer → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Te Deum → hasNotableSettingBy → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Coronation of George II → hasParticipant → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Arcangelo Corelli → influenced → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart → influencedBy → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Coronation of George II → musicBy → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II → musicBy → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Dieterich Buxtehude → notableInfluenced → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Caroline of Ansbach → patronOf → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys → performsWorksBy → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Caroline of Ansbach → supported → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Zadok the Priest → workBy → George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Acis and Galatea (libretto) → writtenFor → George Frideric Handel ⓘ