MUSIC 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Aria, Recitative, Fishamble Street
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Music 1a03 - handel i - lecture 28. Travelled widely, he also lived many years in italy and england, even though he also lived in germany: wrote operas, oratorios, instrumental music, anthems and organ music. Picture seen on powerpoint: handel as a young man who was composing at the keyboard, he wrote italian operas for the english public. 1685 > born in halle, germany: handel and bach were born within a month and lived less than a 100 mile apart, despite their proximity, the 2 composers never met. They also had very different lives (bach only stayed within a 100 mile radius whereas. 1706: moved to italy where he establish himself as a composer of operas + oratorios. 1710: returned to germany to work for german prince george (elector of hanover) 4 years later, prince george would become king george i of great britain and ireland. 1710 > moved to england where his operas were becoming very successful.
