GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

GEORGE FRIDREIC HANDEL FAMILY

•Handel was born in 1685 the same year

as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico
Scarlatti in Halle Saale, Duchy of
Magdeburg then part of Brandenburg-
Prussia. His parents were Georg Handel,
aged 63, and Dorothea Taust.His father
was an eminent barber-surgeon who
 HIS MOST FAMOUS SONG

Handel's most well known oratorio, The

Messiah, was written in a twenty-four
day period in 1741. Portions of The
Messiah are reflected in the familiar
Christmas tune, "Joy to the World! The
Lord is Come."
 WHERE AND WHEN WAS HE BORNED

•George Frideric Handel was born on February

23, 1685 in Halle, Brandenburg [Germany] . He
was a German-born English composer of the late
Baroque era, noted particularly for his operas,
oratorios, and instrumental
compositions . Handel died on April 14, 1759 in
London, England at the age of 74.
 HIS CONTRIBUTONS

•Handel wrote approximately forty-six

operas, thirty-two oratorios, and he was a
prolific composer in many other genres as
well. He is well known for his outstanding
contributions to church music, secular
vocal music, and instrumental music of
various types.