Read George Frideric Handel and His Messiah: The Perfect Holiday Collection by C. Michael Bailey on All About Jazz. Discover in-depth jazz Bailey's Bundles coverage, artist features, and expert ...

THE early spring of 1685, two centuries ago, brought into the world two unsurpassed musicians. Bountiful indeed was the good genius of humanity in giving birth that year to both a Handel and a John ...

“He [Handel] would frequently declare the pleasure he felt in setting the Scriptures to music, and how contemplating the many sublime passages in the Psalms had contributed to his edification.” —Sir ...

Picture this: two ambitious young Turks at the Hamburg Opera on Dec. 5, 1704. Johann Mattheson, age 23: tenor, harpsichordist, conductor, composer. George Frideric ...

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Handel's operas, writes Nicholas Kenyon, cut to the heart. Here is a composer whose works might be more than 250 years old, but they speak to our times This is the year of the baroque. In 2009 we are ...

The latest recording from Pygmalion, Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” and works written for Anne-Sophie Mutter are among our selections. At Carnegie Hall, the English Concert made a case for ...

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-British baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel ...

Handel was born in what is now Germany, but most of his career was spent in London. His major works are still used in British ceremonies such as coronations, and annual events in Britain including ...

Handel was born in what is now Germany, but most of his career was spent in London. His major works are still used in British ceremonies such as coronations, and annual events in Britain including ...