George Fredrick Handel
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GEORGE FREDRICK HANDEL
FEBRUARY 23,1685-APRIL 4, 1759
FAMILY
- Handels parents were Dorothea Taust and Georg Handel.
- He has 8 siblings, Johanna, Karl, Dorothea Sophia, Dorothea Elsiabet, Christoph, Sophia, Anna, Gottfried Handel.
FAMILY CONTINUED
- His dad was a surgeon and a barber.
- Handels mom did not have a job.
Handel was very smart during school. Someone said “No man has ever told me a story with more effect.”
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EDUCATION
- Martin Luther University, Halle, Wittenberg was were he went for music education.
- Handel went to law school, then deciding he wanted to study music, he went to law school because his dad wanted him to.
- University of Halle is where he studied law.
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PLACES HE LIVED
- Handel was born is Halle, Saxony, in Germany
- After he lived in Halle he moved to Hamburg.
- After Hamburg he moved to London and he died in London.
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FACTS
- London claims that Handel is a musical citizen.
- His father disapproved his love more music.
- His best friend almost killed him in a duel.
- He was known to be hot headed.
- He (practically) wrote the campions leave anthem.
facts
- Handel was born the same year as Bach.
- He had to sneak into the addic to play the clavichord because his dad didn’t like it
- Handels house now is a museum.
- 3,000 peopl attend his funeral.
- His nickname was the “Great Bear”
King George ll stood up during the Messiah premiere in London. When the King stands everyone stands. So now days every time the Messiah is played everyone stands. No one really knows why he stood, impressed by the music, or started to daze off and loved the music.
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MESSIAH
- HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=MAYIIDG25UE
- The text was complied by the King James Bible.
- It was first performed in Dublin on April 13, 1742 and then received its London premiere nearly a year later.
- Messiah was his sixth work in this genre.
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