Biography of Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

23.02.1685
Born in Halle (Saale)
In young years his father doesn´t want him to make music and takes away all musical instruments from the house. A member of the aristocratic family his father serves persuades him to spend lessons for the boy after he had heard him playing organ. The organ lessons in Halle are the only musical education Händel took all his live.
11.02.1697
His father dies
1702
Studies law in Hamburg and plays the organ there.
1703
Violin player at Hamburg opera
1705
Performance of his first operas in Hamburg, formation of St. John Passion
1706
Four year trip through Italy with stays in Florence, Rome and Venice and acquaintance (later friendship) with Alexander and Domenico Scarlatti.
1710
Band master at Hannover court and at the same time suspension for a journey to England.
1712
Move to London, where he lived until the end of his life.
1713
Composition of Te Deum on the occassion of the piece from Utrecht.
1714
Composition of water music on the occassion of the enthronisation of Georg I.
1719
Head of Royal Academy of Music for nine years.
02.04.1720
Opening of the theatre of the Academy for italian opera music of which Händel was the artistic head.
1726
Court composer of the English royals
1727
British citizenship given by the king
1730
His mother dies
1737
Stroke
1738
A first Händel statue by Roubilliac is built at Vauxhall Garden
1741
Premiere of Messias in Dublin. A composition on which he worked 24 days.
01.04.1747
The premier of "Judas Makkabäus" in Covent Garden makes Händel a national composer of Britain like Purcell
1749
Composition of fireworks music
1751
Developing blindness, accelerated by wrong therapy through the same doctor, who tried to heal Bach
14.04.1759
Dies in London. Buried in Westminster Abbey. In inheritance was transferred from the royals to the British museum.

Sheet music for flute:

Ankunft der Königin von Saba - "Sinfonie" zum 3. Akt des Oratoriums "Salomo" HWV 67 (F-Dur) (Bearbeitung)
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(4 flutes (3 flutes (alto flute (bass flute))))
Zimmermann, ZM 32711
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Allegro maestoso
Ankunft der Königin von Saba - Sinfonia zum 3. Akt des Oratoriums Salomo HWV 67 (F-Dur) (Bearbeitung)
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(3 flutes (4 flutes), alto flute (bass flute), bass flute ad. Lib, double bass ad. Lib.)
Zimmermann, ZM 32710
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Sinfonia
To be played alternatively with a flute orchestra (6 parts). All parts and a score are included. The bass flute part may be played with alto flute or flute. For the flute orchestra version there is a double bass part additionally.
Caro, Bella (G-Dur)
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Uetz, BU 5920
Rating: easy
  1. Allegro ma non troppo
Parts and score
Concerto HWV 487/580 (D-Dur) (Bearbeitung)
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Zimmermann, ZM 32320
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Allegro
  2. Aria (Andante larghetto)
  3. Allegretto
Score and four parts.
The first and the last movement are from a piano piece, the middle movement is not connected to the two others and was chosen by the editor.
Flötensonaten II - Hallenser Sonaten
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(flute, cello, piano basso continuo)
G. Henle Verlag, 638
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Sonate a-moll, HWV 374
  2. Sonate e-moll, HWV 375
  3. Sonate h-moll, HWV 376
The authenticity of these sonatas is disputed.
Largo aus der Oper Xerxes (F-Dur)
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Robert Lienau Musikverlag, Rl 18300
Rating: easy
  1. Largo
Sonate (D-Dur)
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Bärenreiter, Hortus Musicus 3
Rating: easy
  1. Adagio
  2. Allegro
  3. Adagio
  4. Menuet
Edition of 1935, based on a hand writing in the bishops library in Paderborn.
Sonate (e-moll) (Bearbeitung)
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Edition Breitkopf, EB6744
Rating: easy
  1. Adagio
  2. Allegro
  3. Grave
  4. Minuet
One of the "Halle Sonatas"
Sonate Nr. II (g-moll)
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Zimmermann, ZM 1760
Rating: easy
  1. Larghetto
  2. Andante
  3. Adagio
  4. Presto
Sonaten Vol. I op. 1
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Edition Reinhardt
Rating: easy
  1. Sonate e-moll, op.1 No. 1a
  2. Sonate e-moll, op.1 No. 1b
  3. Sonate G-Dur, op. 1, No. 5
  4. Sonate h-moll, op. 1, No. 9
Sonaten Vol. II op. 1
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Edition Reinhardt
Rating: mid-grade
  1. Sonate op. 1, No.2 g-moll
  2. Sonate op. 1, No.4 a-moll
  3. Sonate op. 1, No. 7 C-Dur
  4. Sonate op. 1, No. 11 F-Dur
Suite aus der "Wassermusik" (Bearbeitung)
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(4 flutes)
Edition Con Fuoco, ECF129
Rating: easy
  1. Adagio e Allegro
  2. Menuett
  3. Bourrée
  4. Hornpipe
  5. Bourrée
  6. Coro
Parts and score

CDs with/from Georg Friedrich Händel

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, Claude Monteux
Concerto à la carte (CD 2) (2011)
jpc
Decca
    Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor for four violins, op. 3, No. 10:
  1. Allegro (03:57:00)
  2. Largo (00:59:00)
  3. Larghetto (00:00:02)
  4. Allegro (03:39:00)
    5. Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6, No. 4:
  5. Larghetto affettuoso - Allegro (05:55:00)
  6. Largo, e piano (02:55:00)
  7. Allegro (03:06:00)
    8. Johann Joachim Quantz: Flute Concerto in D majr (pour Potsdam):
  8. Alelgretto (06:56:00)
  9. Piu tosto andantino (05:23:00)
  10. Presto (04:55:00)
    11. Jacques Loeillet: Flute Concerto in D major:
  11. Allegro (02:21:00)
  12. Grave (02:33:00)
  13. Allegro (03:39:00)
    14. André Ernest Modest Grétry: Flute Concerto in C major:
  14. Allegro (05:23:00)
  15. Larghetto (04:15:00)
  16. Allegro (05:04:00)
  17. Allegro (05:27:00)
  18. Adagio (05:15:00)
  19. Allegro assai (04:14:00)
Stuttgarter Bachsolisten, Stuttgarter Bläserquintett, Dubravka Tomsic
Die Welt des Barock (1995)
Rosetti - Scarlatti - Händel
jpc
Bella Musica
    Hans-Georg Lickl: Quintetto Concertante:
  1. Allegro (06:00:00)
  2. Menuetto (04:25:00)
  3. Adagio (06:14:00)
  4. Polacca (03:56:00)
  5. Tema con variazioni (06:49:00)
    6. Franz Anton Rosetti: Quintett Es-Dur:
  6. Allegro (04:17:00)
  7. Andante ma Allegretto (03:41:00)
  8. Rondo - Allegro moderato (00:00:03)
  9. Domenico Scarlatti: Sonate G-Dur L 387 (02:48:00)
  10. Domenico Scarlatti: Sonate E-Dur L 210 (05:51:00)
  11. Domenico Scarlatti: Sonate f-moll L118 (08:45:00)
  12. Domenico Scarlatti: Sonate A-Dur L 391 (02:55:00)
    13. Georg Friedrich Händel: Messias:
  13. Larghetto (03:02:00)
Christian de Chabot, Kurt Redel
Flûte et Guitare (1994)
jpc
Arion
  1. Heinrich Aloys Praeger: Introduction, Thème et Variations sur une chanson russe, op. 21 (09:48:00)
  2. Enrique Granados: Andaluza (5eme des Danses espagnoles) (04:18:00)
    3. Niccolo Paganini: Sonata concertata en la majeur:
  3. Allegro spiritoso (04:58:00)
  4. Adagio assai espressivo (03:15:00)
  5. Rondo (02:19:00)
    6. Georg Friedrich Händel: Sonate en la mineur, op. 1 No. 4 (HWV 362):
  6. Larghetto (03:10:00)
  7. Allegro (02:39:00)
  8. Johann Sebastian Bach: Sarabande (de la Suite en do mineur, BWV 997) (03:51:00)
    9. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonate diete "de Hamburg", en sol majeur:
  9. Allegretto (04:58:00)
  10. Rondo (Presto) (02:54:00)
    11. Mauro Giuliani: Grande Sonate en la majeur, op. 85:
  11. Allegro maestoso (04:35:00)
  12. Andante molto sostenuto (04:07:00)
  13. Scherzo (03:48:00)
  14. Allegretto espressivo (05:05:00)
  15. Heitor Villa-Lobos: Aria de la Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (04:35:00)
James Galway
James Galway - a Portrait (2 CD) (1996)
RCA
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Konzert Nr. 2 D-Dur, KV 324:
  1. Allegro (05:35:00)
  2. Nikolai Rimskij-Korsakow: Flight of the Bumble Bee (01:09:00)
  3. Antonio Vivaldi: Die Vier Jahreszeiten, Frühling - Allegro (05:05:00)
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite Nr. 2 h-moll, BWV 1067 - Menuett und Badinerie (02:40:00)
  5. Giulio Briccialdi: Karneval von Venedig (06:33:00)
  6. N. N.: Belfast Hornpipe (02:32:00)
  7. Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto Pastoral - Rondo (06:28:00)
  8. Tamezō Narita: Song of the Seashore (02:52:00)
  9. N. N.: Danny Boy (03:18:00)
  10. Andrew Lloyd-Webber: Memory from Cats (03:28:00)
  11. Hori Fujikake: Sakura (04:09:00)
  12. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto in G-Dur, Wq. 169 - Presto (05:41:00)
  13. N. N.: Over the Sea to Sky (03:42:00)
  14. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartett in F-Dur, KV 370 - Rondeau (04:30:00)
  15. Larry Henley: The Wind beneath my Wings (03:24:00)
    16. Georg Friedrich Händel: Sonate in F-Dur, op. 1 No. 1:
  16. Sicilana (01:11:00)
  17. Allegro (01:51:00)
  18. Elton John: Little Jeannie (03:23:00)
  19. N. N.: Waltzing Matilda (04:33:00)
  20. N. N.: Shenandoah (04:03:00)
  21. Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse (02:52:00)
  22. Aram Khatchaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (06:23:00)
  23. Henry Mancini: Cameo for Flute "... for James" (04:03:00)
  24. Franz Schubert: Serenade D.957 (03:52:00)
  25. Claude Debussy: Syrinx (02:19:00)
  26. John Corigliano: Voyage (08:29:00)
  27. Antonio Bazzini: La Ronde des lutins (05:54:00)
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James Galway
James Galway - Classical Meditations (2 CD) (1999)
jpc
RCA
  1. Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio (08:59:00)
  2. Antonio Vivaldi: Largo (aus dem Winter der Vier Jahreszeiten) (02:26:00)
  3. Georg Friedrich Händel: Largo aus Xerxes (03:26:00)
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach: Largo e dolce aus dem Flötenkonzert in C-Dur (03:33:00)
  5. Georg Friedrich Händel: Pastoral Sinfonie aus Messias (03:21:00)
  6. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Adagio aus dem Flötenkonzert in G-Dur (04:29:00)
  7. Antonio Vivaldi: Cantabile aus dem Flötenkonzert "Il Gardelino" (02:28:00)
  8. Baldassare Galuppi: Adagio aus dem Flötenkonzert in D-Dur (05:01:00)
  9. Antonio Vivaldi: Largo aus dem Frühling der Vier Jahreszeiten (02:49:00)
  10. Johann Pachelbel: Kanon (05:11:00)
  11. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Largo con sordini aus dem Flötenkonzert in A-Dur (08:59:00)
  12. Romano Antonio Piacentino: Andante aus dem Flötenkonzert in G-Dur (03:57:00)
  13. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Largo au sdem Flötenkonzert in G-Dur (08:52:00)
  14. Antonio Vivaldi: Largo aus dem Flötenkonzert "La Notte" (02:01:00)
  15. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Un poco andante aus dem Flötenkonzert in d-moll (07:46:00)
  16. Jules Massenet: Méditation aus Thaïs (04:08:00)
  17. Claude Debussy: The Little Shepherd (02:32:00)
  18. John Field: Nocturne iNo. 5 in B-Dur (02:48:00)
  19. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andantino aus dem Konzert für Flöte und Harfe (09:37:00)
  20. Franz Schubert: Serenade (03:57:00)
  21. Joaquín Rodrigo: Españoleta y Fanfare aus Fantasía para un gentilhombre (09:54:00)
  22. Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (09:35:00)
  23. Claude Debussy: En bateau (04:03:00)
  24. Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow: Vocalise (04:16:00)
  25. Frederick Chopin: Nocturne in Es-Dur, op. 9 Nr. 2 (04:25:00)
  26. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante in C-Dur (06:43:00)
  27. Claude Debussy: Syrinx (02:23:00)
  28. Christoph Willibald Gluck: Tanz der seligen Geister (08:03:00)
Bruno Canino, Severino Gazzelloni, Donato Renzetti, RTSI Orchestra - Orchestra della Radiotelevisione
Severino Gazzelloni - Flute (1993)
Vivaldi Händel Marcello Beethoven Varese Petrassi Fukushima
Ermitage
    Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G major Op. 10 No. 4 P.104:
  1. Allegro (02:23:00)
  2. Largo (02:55:00)
  3. Allegro (01:58:00)
    4. Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in F major Op. 10 No. 5 P. 262:
  4. Allegro non molto (03:56:00)
  5. Largo cantabile (03:08:00)
  6. Allegro (01:32:00)
    7. Benedetto Marcello: Sonata in F major for flute and b.c. Op. 2 No. 1:
  7. Adagio (02:30:00)
  8. Allegro (01:46:00)
  9. Largo (01:12:00)
  10. Allegro vivo (01:17:00)
    11. Georg Friedrich Händel: Sonata in C major for Flute and b.c. Op. 1 No. 7:
  11. Larghetto (02:51:00)
  12. Allegro (02:12:00)
  13. Larghetto (02:22:00)
  14. A tempo di Gavotti (01:20:00)
  15. Allegro (01:26:00)
    16. Ludwig van Beethoven: Serenade in D major for Flute and Piano Op. 41:
  16. Entrata (Allegro) (05:06:00)
  17. Tempo die ordinario di Minuetto (03:42:00)
  18. Molto allegro (02:04:00)
  19. Andante con variazioni (05:45:00)
  20. Allegro scherzando e vivace (01:51:00)
  21. Adagio (01:40:00)
  22. Allegro vivace e disinvolto (03:37:00)
  23. Edgar Varèse: Density 21.5 for solo flute (04:00:00)
  24. Kazuo Fukushima: Ekagra for Flute and Piano (07:02:00)
  25. Goffredo Petrassi: Souffle for flute (09:03:00)
Natalia Gerakis, Ulrike Neubacher
Terra e Aria (2008)
Musik für Flöte und Harfe
jpc
Spektral
  1. Claude Debussy: Syrinx (00:00:02)
  2. Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de Lin (02:26:00)
  3. Gabriel Fauré: Morceau de concours (02:58:00)
  4. Georg Friedrich Händel: Allegro aus dem Harfenkonzert in B-dur (04:33:00)
  5. Christoph Willibald Gluck: Reigen seliger Geister (06:06:00)
  6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variationen über das Lied "Ah! vous dirais-je Maman" (06:02:00)
    7. Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasie Nr. 1:
  7. Vivace - Adagio/Allegro - Allegro (03:26:00)
    8. Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonate in C-Dur, BWV 1033:
  8. Andante (01:26:00)
  9. Allegro (01:47:00)
  10. Adagio (01:57:00)
  11. Menuett I & II (02:57:00)
  12. Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne aus Pelleas & Melisande (03:55:00)
  13. Alfredo Rolando Ortiz: Ecuador für Harfe solo (04:30:00)
  14. Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera (03:09:00)
  15. Jacques Ibert: Entr'acte (00:00:03)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Myung-Whun Chung , James Galway, Charles Gerhardt, Phillip Moll, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Marisa Robles, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Magic Flute of James Galway (1992)
RCA
  1. Georg Friedrich Händel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (02:49:00)
  2. Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow: Vocalise op. 34, No. 14 (04:15:00)
  3. Claude Debussy: Le petit nègre (01:46:00)
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata No. 4 - Allegro (01:57:00)
  5. Franz Schubert: Serenade - Ständchen D.957 (03:53:00)
  6. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Scherzo aus "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (04:16:00)
  7. Robert Schumann: Träumerei (03:22:00)
  8. Aram Khatchaturian: Masquerade - Waltz (03:36:00)
  9. François-Joseph Gossec: Tambourin (01:22:00)
  10. Frederick Chopin: Variations on a Theme by Rossini (04:57:00)
  11. Alexander von Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin (01:48:00)
  12. Claude Debussy: Le petit berger (02:27:00)
  13. Antonin Dvořák: Humoresque (03:27:00)
  14. Giulio Briccialdi: Carnival of Venice (06:33:00)

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