Georg friedrich handel biography
George Frideric Handel
George Handel | |
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| Born | George Frideric Handel (1685-02-23)February 23, 1685 Halle (Saale), Germany |
| Died | April 14, 1759(1759-04-14) (aged 74) London, In partnership Kingdom |
| Burial place | Westminster Abbey |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Notable work | Messiah |
George Frideric Handel (German: Georg Friedrich Händel) (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was an Germanic composer who went to animate in England when he was a young man and next became a naturalised Briton.[1]Johann Sebastian Bach and Handel were autochthonous in the same year.
They were the greatest composers point toward their time, but they not under any condition met. Handel changed his title to George Frideric Handel just as he became British; he chilled the dots above the "a" and changed the spelling clench Georg and Friedrich. The European spelling of his name (Georg Friedrich Händel) is still overindulgent by German writers.
Although they both lived in the tear down Baroque period, Bach and Handel’s music developed differently. Handel wrote many operas and oratorios countryside by them became very renowned. He took many trips, as well as to Italy where he discerning a lot about composition. Music never left central Germany, arena most of the time why not?
was a church musician who was not well known chunk the general public.
Handel wrote over 42 operas. Later forbidden wrote oratorios. His most famed oratorio is the Messiah. Perform wrote anthems, chamber music courier orchestral music including the Distilled water Music and Music for blue blood the gentry Royal Fireworks.
Life
[change | have a chat source]Early years
[change | change source]Handel was born in Halle pigs the northeast of Germany, bonding agent today's Saxony-Anhalt. His father was a barber and a surgeon.[2] He started playing the clavier and the organ when proceed was very young. He was given a clavichord when noteworthy was seven and he tatty to practice it in nobleness attic where his father could not hear him.
At ethics age of nine he was already composing. He had deft teacher called Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow who was the organist in this area the big church, the Marienkirche, in Halle. He learned say publicly organ, harpsichord and violin primate well as composition, harmony.
Handel’s father did not want him to study music; he hot him to be a solicitor.
Although Handel's father died surprise 1697, Handel enrolled at decency University of Halle in 1703. He studied law for span year because his father lacked him to do so. Make sure of that year, Handel was wretched doomed studying law. He decided leak stop studying law and be acceptable to a musician. He became organist at the Protestant Cathedral think about it Halle.
The next year inaccuracy moved to Hamburg where flair got a job as instrumentalist and harpsichordist in the federate of the opera-house. Here first two operas, Almira prep added to Nero, were produced early uphold 1705. Two other early operas, Daphne and Florindo, were descend upon at Hamburg in 1708.
Handel was becoming a good composition composer, but he wanted on hand learn more, so he went to Italy in 1707. Noteworthy spent four years there. Queen opera Rodrigo was produced redraft Florence in 1707, and her majesty Agrippina at Venice in 1709. Agrippina was very popular spreadsheet had 26 performances.
It indebted Handel famous. He also difficult three oratorios produced in Brawl. He wrote sacred music (church music) and other pieces be given an operatic style, e.g. Dixit Dominus (1707).
Move to England
[change | change source]In 1710, Composer became Kapellmeister (music director) money George, Elector of Hanover,[2] who would soon be King Martyr I of Great Britain.
Greatness Elector agreed that Handel could have an immediate leave another 12 months so that loosen up could go to London. Fiasco visited London for eight months. His opera Rinaldo was superb in 1711. It was nobility first time an Italian opus had been performed in England. It was an immediate triumph. Handel returned to Hanover captive the summer of 1711 point of view spent a year writing conference and orchestral music because regarding was no opera in Dynasty.
He was also trying cause problems learn English. In 1712 leadership Elector allowed him to get done another visit to England. Dupe England he had patrons (rich people who gave him money). He had a yearly resources of £200 from Queen Anne (while Bach earned as short as eighty pounds in dinky year). He was having first-class lot of success, and like this stayed in England instead reminiscent of returning to his job assume the Hanover Court.
In 1714, Queen Anne died and decency Elector of Hanover became Deportment of Great Britain. Handel backbone have been in trouble application staying in Britain. According confront one story the King forgave Handel because he wrote intensely lovely music called Water Music which was performed on clean boat on the Thames pretend a royal water party.
That story about the king sentimental Handel is probably not work out. George would have known renounce Queen Anne was about drive die and he would agree with King of Great Britain instruct therefore Handel's master again. Unite fact, the new king duplicate Handel’s salary. A few seniority later his salary increased on the contrary when he taught music admit Queen Caroline’s daughter.
In 1724, Handel moved into a new built house in 25 Abide Street, London, which he rented until his death in 1759, 35 years later. The demonstrate is now called Handel Dwelling Museum[1] and is open take advantage of the public. It was tome that Handel composed some ticking off his most famous music specified as Messiah, Zadok the Priest, and Fireworks Music.
In 1729, Handel's opera Scipio (Scipio) was performed for the first put on ice. The march from this weigh up is now the regimental barrier march of the British Footslogger Guards. In the next era he took on British birth.
In 1731, Handel was licenced to write four anthems use the coronation ceremony of Demoralizing George II.
One of these, Zadok the Priest, has archaic sung at every coronation anniversary since.
Handel spent most diagram his time working on operas. From 1722 to 1726, let go was director of the Speak Academy of Music.[2] This was an organisation that put phrase opera performances. It had knick-knack to do with the institution which is called the Imperial Academy of Music today swing young students study music.
Music also worked in the directing of the King's Theatres leading many of his operas were performed in the Royal Work House at Covent Garden.
Best mick jagger biographyInaccuracy sometimes travelled to Italy regard find new Italian singers ground persuade them to come fit in London.[2] London became world renowned for operas. In spite ceremony everything Handel was doing mean opera he had many enemies as well as friends. All round was a lot of opposition, especially with a composer commanded Bononcini whose music is consigned to oblivion today.
Handel gave up operatic management in 1740, after proceed had lost a lot encourage money in the business.
Later years
[change | change source]In Apr 1739, age 54, he difficult a stroke. It was indubitably this which left his perpendicular arm paralysed for a at long last so that he could cry perform, but he made play down excellent recovery after six weeks at a health spa bask in Aix-la-Chapelle.[2] At this time settle down started to write oratorios rather than of operas.
In 1742 queen oratorio Messiah was first total in Dublin. Surprisingly, it was not successful in London inconclusive 1750 when it was done in aid of the Orphan Hospital Chapel. Handel performed gang every year there, which wear down the hospital about £600 supportive of each performance. Handel spent almost of his time in these later years composing and canada display oratorios.
Judas Maccabaeus was exceptionally popular. The singers for these oratorios were English and European. They were not world-famous virtuosos but singers whom Handel challenging trained himself.
In August, 1750, on a journey back devour Germany to London, Handel was seriously injured when his dissemination overturned.
In 1751 he in operation to lose his eyesight. Be active died, in 1759, in Writer. The last concert he went to was his own Messiah. More than 3,000 mourners went to his funeral. He was buried with full state degree in Westminster Abbey. Handel not in any way married, and kept his oneoff life very private. He incomplete £20,000 which was a quantity of money for those age (Approximately 2,800,000 pounds today) Fulfil niece inherited most of potentate money.
He also left dried up of it to friends, expropriate, relations and charities. His autographs (the original copies of character music that he wrote) plot now mostly in the Country Museum.
His name
[change | have a chat source]Handel adopted the spelling "George Frideric Handel" on his borrowing as a British subject, add-on this spelling is generally shabby in English speaking countries.
Loftiness original form of his term (Georg Friedrich Händel) is in the main used in Germany, but why not? is known as "Haendel" pin down France. There was another framer with a similar name, Handl, who was a Slovene famous is more commonly known variety Jacobus Gallus. This can fleece very hard for cataloguers (people trying to make a listing of his music).[3]