Handel

American  

[han-dl] / ˈhæn dl /

Also Händel

noun

1. George Frideric Georg Friedrich Händel, 1685–1759, German composer in England after 1712.

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Handel British  

/ ˈhændəl /

noun

1. George Frederick. German name Georg Friedrich Händel. 1685–1759, German composer, resident in England, noted particularly for his oratorios, including the Messiah (1741) and Samson (1743). Other works include over 40 operas, 12 concerti grossi, organ concertos, chamber and orchestral music, esp Water Music (1717)

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Other Word Forms

• Handelian adjective

Example Sentences

She shows off large animal heads, including a rat and a bull, and an embroidered dress with a ruffled hem made for the production of the Handel opera "Alcina".

From Barron's

Yet there is no shortage of “real” Handel here.

From The Wall Street Journal

Phil artist collaborator, began a three-year Handel festival with a dazzlingly sung and played performance of the oratorio “Triumph of Time and Disillusion.”

From Los Angeles Times

His “Credo” for chorus and orchestra, which capped the program proper on Thursday, recalls both Handel’s “Zadok the Priest,” the anthem traditionally associated with British coronations, and edgy mid-20th-century European modernism.

From The Wall Street Journal

The heart and soul of suites by Bach and Handel are often found in the slow, central sarabande, said to be a dance of Spanish origin.

From Los Angeles Times