Interest in Handel's music has grown since the mid-20th century. The musicologist Winton Dean wrote that "Handel was not only a great composer; he was a dramatic genius of the first order." [9] His …

Dec 11, 2025 · George Frideric Handel, German-born English composer of the late Baroque era, noted particularly for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions. He wrote the most famous of all …

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

The Royal Choral Society has performed Handel's Messiah on Good Friday at the Royal Albert Hall every year since 1876. The RCS filmed their performance on 6 ...

Dec 6, 2022 · George Frideric Handel—the most successful composer of the early 18th century, lauded by Beethoven in 1823 as “the greatest that ever lived”—remains a favorite today through the …

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Music and classical lovers may have encountered the …

Born in Halle, Germany, in 1685, George Frideric Handel was one of the greatest composers of the late baroque period (1700-1750). Although his family had no musical distinction, his own musical talent …

Handel’s music is a synthesis of all the styles he had known since his youth. His borrowings from other composers demonstrate the breadth of his musical knowledge. Adopting some of the angular …

Handel composed more than forty operas in over thirty years, and since the late 1960s, with the revival of baroque music and historically informed musical performance, interest in Handel’s operas has grown.

George Frideric Handel was one of the superstars of the late Baroque period. He was born the same year as another Baroque superstar, Johann Sebastian Bach, not more than 150 miles away in Halle, …