Composer george frideric handel biography timeline
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Chronology of George Frideric Handel's
Life, Compositions, and his Times
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1685-1721
Abbreviations used for locations:
CG : London, Covent Garden Theatre
DLT : London, Drury Lane Theatre
FHC : Foundling Hospital Chapel
KT : London, King's Theatre, Haymarket
LIF : Lincoln's Inn Fields
LTH : London, "Little Theatre" in the Haymarket
NMH : Dublin, Mr. Neal's Musick Hall (or the Great Music Hall), Fishamble Street
QT : London, Queen's Theatre, Haymarket
TaG : Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg
WA : Westminster Abbey
NOTE 1: Dates included below for British locations are represented in the Old Style (Julian) up until September 1752 and subsequently in the New Style (Gregorian or continental style). For locations on the Continent, the New Style was used as early as 1700 and in Italy prior to this date. According to the old Julian calendar the year changed on March 25 -- the Feast of the Annunciation. [For example, 31 March 1751 (new style) converts to 20 March 1751 (old style).] NOTE 2: ( ) = numbers in parentheses represent GFH's approximate age in years.
1672
- James, Duke of York I (future James II) converts to Catholicism.
- 14 March : The composer Georg Philipp Telemann is born (-1767). [Magdeburg]
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1717 performed Bottled water Music represent the Underprovided, and became house composer at Cannons in Middlesex
1724-1725 wrote Giulio Cesare, Tamerlano, and Rodelinda
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1729 Became joint executive of decay the Borough Theatre
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George Frideric Handel
German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)
"Handel" redirects here. For other uses, see Handel (disambiguation).
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (HAN-dəl;[a] baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel,[b]German:[ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪçˈhɛndl̩]ⓘ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759)[c] 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.[5] 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. He is consistently recognized as one of the greatest composers of his age.[6][7]
Handel started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera. In 1737, he had a physical breakdown