His first two operas, Almira and Nero, were produced in 1705. There, he met Johann Mattheson, Christoph Graupner and Reinhard Keiser. In 1704, he moved to Hamburg, accepting a position as violinist and harpsichordist in the orchestra of the opera house. Handel began the study of law at the University of Halle, but after his father's death the following year, he abandoned law for music, becoming the organist at the Protestant Cathedral. In 1702, following his father's wishes, G.F. For his seventh birthday his aunt, Anna, gave him a spinet, which was placed in the attic so that Handel could play it whenever he could get away from his father. Nevertheless, the young Handel was permitted to take lessons in musical composition and keyboard technique from Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, the organist of the Liebfrauenkirche, Halle. By contrast, Handel's mother, Dorothea, encouraged his musical aspirations. However, his father, a distinguished citizen of Halle and an eminent barber-surgeon who served as valet and barber to the Courts of Saxony and Brandenburg, was opposed to his son's wish to pursue a musical career, preferring him to study law. Handel displayed considerable musical talent at an early age by the age of seven he was a skilful performer on the harpsichord and pipe organ, and at nine he began to compose music. George Frideric Handel was born as Georg Friedrich Händel in Halle in the Duchy of Magdeburg (province of Brandenburg-Prussia) to Georg and Dorothea (née Taust) Händel in 1685, the same year that both J.S. Strongly influenced by the techniques of the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the English composer Henry Purcell, his music was known to many significant composers who came after him, including Haydn, W.A. His most famous works are Messiah, an oratorio set to texts from the King James Bible Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Born as Georg Friedrich Händel in Halle, he spent most of his adult life in England, becoming a subject of the British crown on January 22, 1727. Georg Frideric Handel was a German-born Baroque composer who is famous for his operas, oratorios and concerti grossi. George Frideric Handel - Georg Friedrich Händel (Composer)īorn: FebruHalle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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