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George Friederic Handel (1685-1759)

According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, George Frideric Handel [form of name adopted by Georg Friederich Händel or Haendel], composer; born at Halle, Germany; first visited England 1710, and was naturalised there in 1727. Precocious musical activity, at first against his father's wish. Violinist in Hamburg Opera orchestra, 1703. Visited Italy, 1706-10. Wrote Italian operas for London. Noted harpsichordist and organist; played his organ concertos as intermissions in oratorio. Wrote for orchestra his Aus Der Wassermusik, Feuerwerksmusik, and works of concerto grosso type (for strings alone and for wind and strings). Worked within the prevailing style of his time, based on Italian vocal line. Made some unacknowledged "borrowings" from other composers, and also reused parts of his own works. Became partially blind, 1751; totally so, 1753. Died in London.
George Frideric Handel also has :

• a Menuett and Gavotta published in Leichte Trios - Easy Trios
• 3 items from HWV 348, HWV 70, HWV 64 in Weihnachtliche Musik Alter Meister Für Blockflötenquartett
• an Air and Sarabande in Tänze Und Stücke Alter Meister

Sheet Music:

1. [§] 11 Sonatas For Flute and Recorder With Figured Bass, Treble/Bass/Flute/Bass
2. [§] Air From the Opera Guistino, Treble/Treble/Bass (MM.ST11637)
3. [§] Aus Der Wassermusik, Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
4. [§] Chaconne, Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
5. [§] Feuerwerksmusik, Treble/Tenor/Bass
6. [§] Four Pieces For a Musical Clock, Descant/Treble
7. [§] Largo From Xerxes (1738), Treble/Tenor/Tenor+Bass/Bass+Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
8. [§] Sonata and Allegro, Descant(Treble) (MM.ST11642)
9. [§] Sonata in B Flat, Descant/Piano
10. [§] Suite in D-Moll Für Blockflötenchor, Sopranino/Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass

Recorder Music CDs:
 Piers Adams on "Priest on the Run" 
 Rachel Beckett on "Handel: 20 Sonatas, Op.1" 
 Rachel Beckett on "Handel: Chamber Music Vol. 6 - Recorder Sonatas" 
 Rachel Beckett on "Handel: Chamber Music Vol. 6 - Recorder Sonatas" 
 Elissa Berardi on "Handel: The Italian Years" 
 Vicki Boeckman on "Baroque Trio Sonatas" 
 Frans Brüggen on "Frans Brüggen Edition Vol. 09 (Händel: Blockflötensonaten)" 
 Frans Brüggen on "Frans Brüggen Edition Vol. 12" 
 Frans Brüggen on "The Art of Recorder" 
 Frans Brüggen on "Handel: The Complete Wind Sonatas" 
 Frans Brüggen on "Le Charme de la Flûte à bec" 
 Paul Carroll on "Handel: Air, Fire and Water" 
 Paul Carroll on "Handel: Air, Fire and Water" 
  Lorenzo Cavasanti on "Handel: Sonatas" 
  Lorenzo Cavasanti on "Georg Frideric Handel: Nel Dolce dell'Oblio" 
 René Clemencic on "Telemann, Bach, Handel and others" 
 Francis Colpron on "Théâtre Musical" 
 Michael Copley on "Handel with Care" 
 László Czidra on "Recorder Sonatas Op. 1 Nos 2,4,7 & 11. Fitzwil. Son. Nr. 2" 
 László Czidra on "Handel: Recorder Sonatas" 
 László Czidra on "Recorder Concerto" 
 Alan Davis on "By Purling Streams" 
 Alan Davis on "Handel: Complete Recorder Sonatas" 
 Alan Davis on "Petite Musique de Chambre" 
 Anastase Demetriades on "Mosaique: Works for Recorder & Harpsichord" 
 Patrick Denecker on "The Perfect Gentleman" 
 David Munrow Ensemble on "The Art of the Recorder" 
 Carl Dolmetsch on "The Arnold Dolmetsch Years, Vol. 2" 
 Carl Dolmetsch on "Carl Dolmetsch" 
 Robert Ehrlich on "Handel: The Recorder, Violin and Viola da gamba Sonatas" 
 Myriam Eichberger on "Duo Eichberger-Held" 
 Myriam Eichberger on "Werke für Flöte und Basso continuo" 
 Héloïse Gaillard on "Handel - Sonata Oboe/Recorder" 
 Héloïse Gaillard on "Handel-Recorder and Oboe Sonatas" 
 Ganassi Consort on "15 Solo Sonatas for Recorder, Flute or Violin" 
 Ganassi Consort on "Solosonaten" 
 Ganassi Consort on "Sonaten" 
 Tamara Gries on "Woodworks" 
 Manfred Harras on "L'arte del flauto dolce" 
 Richard Harvey on "The Genteel Companion" 
 Peter van Heyghen on "Sonate a Flauto e Cembalo" 
 Kirsten Lund Jensen on "The Food of Love" 
 Hans Maria Kneihs on "The Complete Recorder Sonatas, Two Trio Sonatas" 
 Dan Laurin on "Handel: Flute sonatas" 
 Dan Laurin on "Sonaten für Blockflöte" 
 Hans-Martin Linde on "Elly Ameling: The Early Recordings, Vol. 1" 
 Hans-Martin Linde on "Meister der Flöte und Gitarre" 
 Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam on "Fuge around the clock" 
 Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam on "Nocturne" 
 Matthias Maute on "Les Barricades" 
 Christian Mendoze on "Sonates pour flute a bec & basse continue" 
 Miscellaneous on "Handel-Concertos and Sonatas" 
 Miscellaneous on "Handel: Sonate e trio sonate" 
 Dorothee Oberlinger on "G. F. Handel - Sonatas for Recorder" 
 Dorothee Oberlinger on "London Musick" 
 Clas Pehrsson on "Artistry of Clas Pehrsson" 
 Clas Pehrsson on "Handel:The Complete Recorder Sonatas" 
 Clas Pehrsson on "The Artistry of Clas Pehrsson" 
 Clas Pehrsson on "Handel: Complete Sonatas for Recorder and Basso Continuo" 
 Michala Petri on "The Art of the Recorder" 
 Michala Petri on "Artists of the Century - Michala Petri - Ultimate Collection" 
 Michala Petri on "Blockflötenkonzerte" 
 Michala Petri on "Blockflötenkonzerte" 
 Michala Petri on "English Recorder Concertos" 
 Michala Petri on "For a Dinner Party" 
 Michala Petri on "Greensleeves" 
 Michala Petri on "Handel: Complete Wind Sonatas/Bennett,Black,Petri, et al" 
 Michala Petri on "Handel: Recorder Sonatas" 
 Michala Petri on "Recorder Favourites" 
 Michala Petri on "Recorder Sonatas" 
 Michala Petri on "Recorder Sonatas 1-6" 
 Michala Petri on "Virtuose Blockflötenkonzerte" 
 Michala Petri on "Virtuoso Recorder Concertos" 
 Valery Proshutinsky on "Deutsche Barockmusik aus russischer Sicht" 
 Hugo Reyne on "Handel-Recorder Sonatas" 
 Hugo Reyne on "Händel: Sämtliche Blockflötensonaten" 
 Frédéric de Roos on "G.F. Handel: Recorder and Flute Sonatas" 
 Frédéric de Roos on "Handel - Recorder & Flute Sonatas" 
 Frédéric de Roos on "Sonates pour flûte à bec" 
 Helmut Schaarschmidt on "Delicacies for Sopranino Recorder & Oboe with Organ" 
 Michael Schneider on "Baroque Esprit - Händel" 
 Michael Schneider on "Deutsche und niederländische Blockflötenmusik des 18. Jh." 
 Michael Schneider on "Händel: Sämtliche Bläsersonaten für Blockflöte, Transversflöte/Oboe" 
 Michael Schneider on "Hændel: Sonatas for Wood-Wind Instruments Vol. 2" 
 Danya Segal on "Londoner's Taste" 
 Karl Stangenberg on "The Recorder/Die Blockflöte" 
 Maurice Steger on "An English Collection" 
 Maurice Steger on "An English Collection" 
 Pamela Thorby on "Trios for 4" 
 Frode Thorsen on "Blockflötensonaten" 
 Frode Thorsen on "Sonatas for Recorder & Basso Continuo" 
 Han Tol on "Corelli und Company (Barockmusik für Blockflöte, Cembalo)" 
 Unknown on "Three Sonatas for Alto Recorder" 
 Marion Verbruggen on "Handel-Complete Recorder Sonatas" 
Brass Music CDs:
 Berlin Philharmonic Brass Ensemble on "Brides's Guide to Wedding Music, Volume II" 
 Canadian Brass on "Bolero-The Canadian Brass" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Empire Brass on "Handel Bars" 
 Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble on "Christmas Meditation, Vol. 3" 
 Various Ensembles on "Sunday With the Times" 
 Sellers Engineering Band on "World's Most Beautiful Melodies, Volume 5" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 St. Louis Brass Quintet on "Meditation:The Greatest Hits" 
 St. Louis Brass Quintet on "Weekend Classics" 
Pipeband Music CDs:
 Queen's Royal Scots Pipers on "Best of Scottish Pipes and Drums" 
 Queen's Royal Scots Pipers on "The Journey Continues" 
 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards on "Amazing Grace"