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George Frideric Handel

1685 - 1759

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George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( HAN-dəl; baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, Handel spent his early life in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the Italian Baroque. In turn, Handel's music forms one of the peaks of the "high baroque" style, bringing Italian opera to its highest development, creating the genres of English oratorio and organ concerto, and introducing a new style into English church music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Frideric Handel is the 8th most popular composer (up from 10th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Germany (up from 20th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Composer.

George Frideric Handel is most famous for his operas, oratorios, and compositions.

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Among composers, George Frideric Handel ranks 8 out of 1,451. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Vivaldi, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Giuseppe Verdi. After him are Joseph Haydn, Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Mahler, and Johannes Brahms.

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Among people born in 1685, George Frideric Handel ranks 2. Before him is Johann Sebastian Bach. After him are Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Domenico Scarlatti, George Berkeley, Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Brook Taylor, Johann Maria Farina, Jean-Marc Nattier, Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, John Gay, and Edward England. Among people deceased in 1759, George Frideric Handel ranks 1. After him are Louise Élisabeth of France, Ferdinand VI of Spain, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Carl Heinrich Graun, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, and Sedjefakare.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George Frideric Handel ranks 16 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Charlemagne (748), Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Albrecht Dürer (1471), and Johannes Kepler (1571). After him are Joseph Goebbels (1897), Otto von Bismarck (1815), Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Peter Paul Rubens (1577), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), and Richard Wagner (1813).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, George Frideric Handel ranks 3. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770), and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685). After him are Richard Wagner (1813), Johannes Brahms (1833), Robert Schumann (1810), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Richard Strauss (1864), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), and Carl Maria von Weber (1786).

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