The late Baroque period. He was contemporary with Bach and Handel.
The baroque era is what so people call pre classical era. There a tie with Bach and Handel.
Handel, Mozart and Brahms were German classical composers.
That period in music is called "Baroque". Handel lived and worked in the final years of that period, and his latest music was contemporary of a new style that started to arise, the so-called "style gallant" or "pre-classical". That's why we say that Handel's works belong to the "late baroque".
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) were popular composers during the very late Baroque and during the early "pre-classical" or Rococo Period (c.1730 to 1760).
The late Baroque period. He was contemporary with Bach and Handel.
The baroque era is what so people call pre classical era. There a tie with Bach and Handel.
Handel, Mozart and Brahms were German classical composers.
Handel
That period in music is called "Baroque". Handel lived and worked in the final years of that period, and his latest music was contemporary of a new style that started to arise, the so-called "style gallant" or "pre-classical". That's why we say that Handel's works belong to the "late baroque".
Classical music
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) were popular composers during the very late Baroque and during the early "pre-classical" or Rococo Period (c.1730 to 1760).
Baroque
Classical Destinations - 2006 London and Dublin George Fredric Handel 2-2 was released on: USA: 2007
In the 18th century, Catholic and Protestant composers wrote music for the Church. Examples of these pieces include Handel's 'Messiah' and Mozart's Requiem Mass.
Classical Period
Handel died in 1759, at least fifty years before the transition to the Romantic period. However, as one of the great Baroque composers, Handel certainly had an influence on later composers. Handel was more experimental when it came to the use of dynamics, and the Romantic era composers capitalised on the expressive use of changing dynamics. Beethoven, the composer considered to be the "bridge" between the Classical and Romantic periods, was certainly influenced by Handel's style of composition, and it is considered that Beethoven's later compositions were reminiscent of Handel's style of counterpoint. Beethoven was heard to observe that Handel was the greatest composer who ever lived, so it is natural that he incorporated some of Handel's style in his own compositions. Handel did not compose the simpler melodies that many of his contemporaries did. As well, he scored more complex instrumentation in his oratorios and operas than his contemporaries. Romantic music was known for its extravagant orchestration.