George Frideric Handel: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Comprehensive popular biographies are Percy M. Young, Handel, rev. ed. (1965, reissued 1979); Jonathan Keates, Handel: The Man and His Music (1985); and Donald Burrows, Handel (1996). Paul Henry Lang, George Frideric Handel (1966, reprinted 1996), is a monumental study. Documentary biographies include Otto Erich Deutsch, Handel (1955, reprinted 1974); and H.C. Robbins Landon, Handel and His World (1984). Christopher Hogwood, Handel, rev. ed. (2007), includes a detailed chronological table.
Books that discuss Handel’s music include Donald Burrows (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Handel (1997), and Handel, Messiah (1991); Winton Dean, Handel and the Opera Seria (1969), and Handel’s Dramatic Oratorios and Masques (1990); and Winton Dean and John Merrill Knapp, Handel’s Operas, 1704–1726 (1987). A useful work for the serious student of Handel is Mary Ann Parker, G.F. Handel: A Guide to Research, 2nd ed. (2005).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: AllMusic - George Frederick Handel. | Oct 23, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 10, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 19, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Seattle Chamber Music Society - George Frideric Handel. | Dec 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Naxos - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). | Oct 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Potter's Wax Museum - George Frideric Handel. | Sep 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Baroque Music Pages - George Frideric Handel. | Jun 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - George Frideric Handel Composer. | Apr 11, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dallas Symphony Orchestra - George Frideric Handel. | Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: English National Opera - George Frideric Handel. | Sep 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Southern Illinois University - College of Liberal Arts - Language, Culture, and International Studies - George Frideric Handel. | Jan 15, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Dec 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - George Frideric Handel. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Music of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). | Jan 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christianity Today - George Frideric Handel. | Sep 16, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bach Cantatas Website - Biography of George Frideric Handel. | Sep 07, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Francisco Classical Voice - George Frideric Handel. | Mar 25, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 08, 2021 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Jan 05, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 05, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Making Music Fun! - Biography of George Frideric Handel. | Dec 14, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | Aug 26, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - George Frederick Handel. | Aug 12, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - George Frederick Handel. | Mar 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - George Frederick Handel. | Mar 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: GFHandel & The Handel Institute - A Biographical Introduction. | Mar 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: GFHandel & The Handel Institute - A Biographical Introduction. | Mar 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Georg Friederich Handel. | Feb 28, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Library - Biography of George Frideric Handel. | Feb 28, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classical Net - Biography of George Frideric Handel. | Feb 28, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classical Archives - Biography of George Frideric Handel. | Feb 28, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Westminster Abbey - Biography of George Frederic Handel. | Feb 28, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of George Frideric Handel. | Feb 28, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian Classics Ethereal Library - Biography of George Frideric Handel. | Feb 28, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classics For Kids - Biography of George Frederick Handel. | Feb 28, 2014 | ||
| Date of Handel's naturalization in England changed from 1726 to 1727. | Aug 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Virginia Tech Department of Music - Biography of George Frederic Handel. | Feb 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Artsalive.ca - Biography of George Frederic Handel. | Feb 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: DSO Kids - Biography of George Frideric Handel. | Feb 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bach Cantatas Website - Biography of George Frideric Handel. | Feb 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - George Frederick Handel. | Feb 04, 2013 | ||
| Added head image of George Frideric Handel. | Oct 04, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Spectrum Biographies - Biography of George Frederick Handel. | Feb 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Baroque Music Guide - Biography of George Frideric Handel. | Jul 23, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 30, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Mar 22, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 25, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 27, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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