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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟭: 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 (𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟬) The victory of 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗮 in Venice did not simply crown Handel’s Italian years; it changed the direction of his entire…

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𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟬: 𝗡𝗔𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗦, 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗔 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟴–𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟬) If Rome had revealed to Handel that a city without opera could still become a place of musical glory, the…

𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸 - 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗻 - 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟴 https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-water-155985275?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗵 - 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗻 - (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟮) https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-messiah-155984767?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗢𝗽. 𝟰 & 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳 - 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘇𝗶, 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗻 https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-organ-op-155983136?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟵: 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔, 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗬 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟳–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟴) When Handel arrived in 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲 in 1707, he entered one of the great artistic capitals of Europe—but under conditions that…

𝗜𝗱𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹í𝗸

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 stands as one of the 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆’s most conscious inheritors of the 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 legacy. His admiration for composers such as 𝗝. 𝗦. 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹,…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗬 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳: 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 The death of 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹 on 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰, 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟳, in 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, was one of the…

Handel in italy - 1708

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟳: 𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚 𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗦, 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟱–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟲) The success of 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗮 might seem, at first glance, like the beginning of a secure ascent. A young composer…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟴: 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗬 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟲–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟳) When Handel left Hamburg in the autumn of 1706, he was not fleeing failure. He was leaving behind a…

𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹'𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗖𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗴𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗼 (𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗴𝘆𝗽𝘁) (𝗛𝗪𝗩 𝟭𝟳). 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟰.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟲: 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗛 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟱) If the duel with Mattheson marked the violent end of one phase of Handel’s youth, 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗮 marked the beginning of another:…

𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 - 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶 𝗮 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗶 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗰𝗵𝘆𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁 (𝗔𝗔𝗠, 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱) https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-water-for-155294563?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹’𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶 𝗮 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗶,…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟱: 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣, 𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗥𝗬, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗨𝗘𝗟 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗢𝗡 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟰) Among the decisive encounters of Handel’s youth, few were as fruitful, as tense, or as revealing as his relationship…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰: 𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟯–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟰) When Handel left Halle in the spring of 1703, he was not simply changing cities. He was crossing a…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯 𝗟𝗔𝗪 𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖? 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗛 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟮–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟯) By the beginning of the eighteenth century, the essential question in Handel’s life was no longer whether…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 𝗭𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗨 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 (𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟳–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟮) If the first stage of Handel’s life was the awakening of a vocation, this second one was the period…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘 (𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟱–𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟳) Handel’s life begins not in glamour, but in a world of 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿. He was born…

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛: 𝗣𝗦𝗬𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗥𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦 Although 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 and 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 were born in the same year, wrote within the same stylistic universe, and are…

𝗜𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰? 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗔 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗫 At first glance, the idea seems almost paradoxical. When one thinks of the…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟬𝘀: 𝗔𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗿 London in the 1730s was not merely a great musical…