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händel

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As far as I know, Handel didn't have a nickname, people generally just refer to him as Handel.

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52

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yes Frideric Handel traveled many places in his lifetime.

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Because when King George the second heard it, he was so inspired, that he stood up. When everyone saw him stand, they stood too. In has been a tradition ever since then to stand when the Messiah is played.

The Hallelujah Chorus, is a Song of Praise - literally the word "Hallelujah" meaning "Praise be to G-d". The text of Handel's great piece comes from the Old Testament Psalms (as requoted in the New Testament Book of Revelations), words which continue to be sung and recited in their original Hebrew form in synagogues to this day during a part of the service known as "Hallel". It has always been the custom for Jews to stand whilst praising the Lord during "Hallel", a practise which was passed on to Christendom where it is customary for congregations to stand for Songs of Praise (or Hymns). As Head of the Church of England, King George would certainly have been aware of the obligation to stand for "Hallelujah" - and might well have remained standing until the last AMEN at the end of the movement.

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When the complete unedited version is performed, with all the programmed repeats, it lasts close to 3 hrs

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Dorothea Mathews is a female poet from the Harlem Renaissance.

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He played the violin, the organ, the harpsichord, and the piano-forte.

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An overture.

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It is generally reckoned to have been three weeks; the Hallelujah Chorus was written in three days. Handel is reputed to have said that Heaven opened while he was composing it.

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Harpsichord

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It is traditional to stand for the Hallelujah Chorus

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I would guess his "Wassermusik" ("water music") and "Feuerwerksmusik" ("Music for the royal fireworks"), along with his oratorio "Messiha".

One of his most famous pieces, the passacaglia in g-minor 432, wasn't well known at all till the transcription by Halvorsen. It has been originally for harpsichord.

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Death smells different at various stages of decomposition, some describe it like rotten meat only much worse. It is not a smell you will like or will ever forget.

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At his usual break-neck speed, the Messiah was completed in 24 days ... !!

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He lived before they were invented. He wrote what he would have considered a symphony, that is, the instrumental introduction to an oratorio or opera. The first true modern symphonies with four or more movements did not appear until c.1765 six years after Handel died. The first important works of this kind were written by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) and the English composer William Boyce (1711-79).

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He hid in the attic because his father wanted him to be a lawyer and forbade him to play music. He was able to sneak his instrument into the attic .

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Guiseppe Verdi, Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Puccini

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Classical music, Baroque period, absolutism. This oratorio uses chorus, solists, and full orchestra.

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Handel was born in Halle, Germany.