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The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord! Exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation. Glory and worship hast thou laid upon him. Thou hast prevented him with the blessings of goodness, and hast set a crown of pure gold upon his head. Alleluia!

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-[[Image:George Handel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Balthasar Denner's portrait of Handel (1733)]]
+The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord!
-[[George Frideric Handel]] (1685 - 1759) (German: '''Georg Friedrich Händel''') was a [[German]]-born [[British]] (since 1727<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/parliamentary-archives/archives-highlights/handel-and-naturalisation/ The UK Parliament Website: ''British Citizen by Act of Parliament: George Frideric Handel'']</ref>) composer and organist. His works fall within the [[Baroque]] era of Western [[Classical music]]. Handel was, during his lifetime, perhaps the most internationally famous of all musicians. [http://www.8notes.com/school/history/handel.asp] The legacy of Handel may be found in the dramatic power and lyrical beauty inherent in his [[music]].
+Exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation.
+Glory and worship hast thou laid upon him.
-== List of works ==
+Thou hast prevented him with the blessings of goodness, and hast set a
+crown of pure gold upon his head.
-[[Opera|OPERAS]]:
+Alleluia!
-* [[Hamburg]]: Almira, Nero (lost) (both 1705)
-* Florindo e Dafne (lost) (1707)
-* [[Florence]]: Rodrigo (1707)
-* [[Venice]]: Agrippina (1709)
-* [[London]]: Rinaldo (1711, rev. 1731)
-* Il pastor fido (1712; 2nd version with ballet Terpsicore, 1734)
-* Teseo (1712)
-* Silla (1714)
-* Amadigi di Gaula (1715)
-* Radamisto (1720, rev. 1720, 1721, 1728)
-* Muzio Scevola, Floridante (both 1721)
-* Ottone (1722)
-* Flavio (1723)
-* Giulio Cesare in Egitto (1723-4)
-* Tamerlano (1724, rev. 1731)
-* Rodelinda, regina de'Longobardi (1725)
-* Scipione, Alessandro (both 1726)
-* Admeto, Riccardo I (both 1727)
-* Siroe, Tolomeo (both 1728)
-* Lotario (1729)
-* Partenope (1729-30, rev. 1730, 1736)
-* Poro (1731)
-* Ezio, Sosarme (both 1732)
-* Orlando (1733)
-* Arianna (1734)
-* Ariodante, Alcina (both 1735)
-* Atalanta (1736)
-* Arminio, Giustino, Berenice (all 1737)
-* Faramondo, Serse (both 1738)
-* Imeneo (1738-40)
-* Deidamia (1740)
-[[Orchestra|ORCHESTRA]]:
-* Water Music (c.1717)
-* Music for Royal Fireworks (1749)
-DRAMATIC [[oratorio|ORATORIOS]]:
-* [[Rome]]: La Resurrezione, Trionfo del Tempo (1708)
-* Naples: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (1709)
-* Hamburg: Der für die Sünde der Welt gemartete und sterbende Jesus (Brockes Passion) (?1716)
-* London: Haman and Mordecai (masque 1720, later rev. as Esther in 1732)
-* Acis and Galatea (1718; rev. 1732 incorporating part of 1708 cantata on same subject, and 1743)
-* Deborah (1733)
-* Athalia (1733)
-* Alexander's Feast (1736)
-* Israel in Egypt (1738)
-* Saul, Ode for St Cecilia's Day (1739)
-* L'Allegro, il Pensieroso ed il Moderato (1740)
-* [[Handel's Messiah|Messiah]] (1741)
-* Samson (1741-2)
-* Joseph and his Brethren, Semele (1743)
-* Belshazzar, Hercules (1744)
-* Occasional Oratorio, Judas Maccabaeus (1746)
-* Alexander Balus, Joshua (1747)
-* Solomon, Susanna (1748)
-* Theodora, Alceste (1749)
-* Choice of Hercules (1750)
-* Jephtha (1751)
-* Triumph of Time and Truth (1757)
-[[Cantata|CANTATAS]] AND CHAMBER DUETS: Handel comp. 100 of the former and 20 of the latter. Among the best known are:
-* Silete Venti, sop., instr. (1729)
-* La terra è liberata (Apollo e Dafne), sop., bass, instr. (c.1708)
-* O numi eterni (La Lucrezia), sop., continuo (1709)
-CHURCH MUSIC:
-* [[Gloria]] Patri (1707)
-* Utrecht [[Te Deum]] and [[Jubilate]] (1712-13)
-* Dettingen Te Deum (1743)
-* 11 Chandos [[Anthem]]s (1717-18)
-* 4 Coronation [[Anthem]]s (1727: The King Shall Rejoice; Let thy hand be strengthened; My heart is inditing; Zadok the Priest)
-* The Ways of Zion do Mourn, funeral [[anthem]] for Queen Caroline (1737)
-VOCAL:
-* Birthday Ode for [[Queen Anne]] (1713)
-* 9 [[Germany|German]] Arias (1729)
-INSTRUMENTAL AND [[chamber music|CHAMBER MUSIC]]:
-* 6 [[concerto grosso|Concerti Grossi]], str., ww., continuo, Op.3 (1734)
-* 12 Concerti Grossi, str., optional wind, Op.6 (1739)
-* 5 [[concerto|Concerti]], orch. (1741)
-* 6 [[organ]] concerti, Op.4 (1738)
-* 6 organ concerti, Op.7 (1760)
-* 6 organ concerti (1740)
-* 15 chamber sonatas (fls., recorders), Op.1 (1724)
-* 3 concerti a due cori
-* 2 ob. [[sonata]]s
-* 12 fl. sonatas
-* 6 [[trio sonata]]s
-* 9 trio sonatas, Op.2 (1722-33)
-* 7 trio sonatas, Op.5 (1739)
-* [[viol|viola da gamba]] sonata
-* 8 [[suite]]s de pièces, ([[harpsichord]]) (1720) See also Harmonious Blacksmith
-* 8 suites de pièces (1733, these incl. the well-known Chaconne in G)
-* 6 [[Fugue]]s (1736)
-== See also ==
-*[[Domenico Scarlatti]]
-*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
-== External links ==
-*[http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/George_Frideric_Handel/24403.htm HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC  BIOGRAPHY]
-*[http://www.8notes.com/school/history/handel.asp George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)]
-== References ==
-<references />
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Handel, George Frideric}}
-[[Category:Musicians]]
-[[Category:Composers]]

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