When Charles Jennens gave his libretto of  Messiah to George Handel in 1741, he would have no idea that almost 300 years later the oratori...

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was a German composer who spent time in Italy before finally settling in England.   He was a virtuoso pe...

Handel's fame during his life was based on his abilities as a performer as well as his success as a composer.  There is the legend of hi...

Handel was known in his own time primarily as a composer of Italian operas and oratorios, but early in his career he wrote music for keybo...

With modern day technology and state of the art communication capabilities, events that happen anywhere can be flashed across the world for ...

George Handel's Opus 7 set of six organ concertos was published after Handel's death by his publisher John Walsh of London.  Whether...

George Handel's set of 12 Concerti Grosso, Opus 6 were first published by subscription in 1739, revised and printed as Opus 6 in 1741....

In Handel's time, specific music for specific instruments was not always the case. Music that had been written  for an instrument or c...