HäNDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH

Birth and Life

Georg Friedrich Händel

composer

Date of birth 23. 2. 1685
Country of birth Germany

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Death

Date of death 14. 4. 1759
Cemetery Westminster Abbey, London, England
GPS coordinates of the cemetery 51.499493, -0.127539

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Summary from Wikipedia

Handel started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera. In 1737, he had a physical breakdown, changed direction creatively, and addressed the middle class and made a transition to English choral works. After his success with Messiah (1742), he never composed an Italian opera again. His orchestral Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks remain steadfastly popular.[8] One of his four coronation anthems, Zadok the Priest, has been performed at every British coronation since 1727. Almost blind, he died in 1759, a respected and rich man, and ...

Author of contribution: Janez, published 19. 2. 2017

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