Handel paralysed music in England for generations and they … - George Frideric Handel

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Handel paralysed music in England for generations and they have not yet quite got over him.

George Frideric Handel

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George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel, 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos.

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Alternative Names: Handel • G. F. Händel • Georg Friedrich Händel • George Frideric • Händel • G. F. Handel • George Frederick Handel

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You have taken far too much trouble over your opera. Here in England that is mere waste of time. What the English like is something that they can beat time to, something that hits them straight on the drum of the ear.

Handel is so great and so simple that no one but a professional musician is unable to understand him.

Händel is the unrivalled master of all masters. Go and learn from him how to achieve vast effects with simple means.

Handel paralysed music in England for generations and they have not yet quite got over him. - George Frideric Handel

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