Composer George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel

Living place: Germany

Birthday: 23-2-1685

Global rank: #20968

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Who is Composer George Frideric Handel?
Baroque master known for his opera, oratorio, anthem, and organ concerto. He has been immortalized for "Messiah" since 1742.
His works "Water Music", "Music for the Royal Fireworks", and "Alexander Feast" continued to be popular centuries after the establishment. His body was taken to Westminster Abbey.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was invited as a violinist and harpsichordist for the Hamburg Oper am Gänsemarkt, where he met such famous composers as Johann Mattheson, Christoph Graupner, and Reinhard Keiser.

Family life info

His father worked as a barber, surgeon in the court of Saxe-Weissenfels and Margraviate Brandenburg. He had to secretly play the clavichord while his family was sleeping, because his father intended him to study law.

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His oeuvre was diligently studied by future greats such as Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

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When was Composer George Frideric Handel born?
George Frideric Handel was born in 23-2-1685, death year is , at the age of 339.
Where is Composer George Frideric Handel's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
George Frideric Handel was born in Germany. is a Composer, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. George Frideric Handel's global rank is 20968 and whose rank is 68 in list of famous Composer.
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Events in 1685 and 23-2

Birthday George Frideric Handel (23-2) in history

  • Day 23-2 year 1821: British Romantic Poet John Keats Dies in Rome, Italy
  • Day 23-2 year 1836: Mexican general Santa Anna began the siege of the Alamo.
  • Day 23-2 year 1896: The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield.
  • Day 23-2 year 1898: 1898 French novelist Emile Zola was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing the government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
  • Day 23-2 year 1942: The first Axis shelling of U.S. soil took place near Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • Day 23-2 year 1945: U.S. Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.
  • Day 23-2 year 1997: Scottish scientists announced the successful cloning of a sheep, Dolly.
  • Day 23-2 year 2011: The Obama Administration determines that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.
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