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| Short Name: | George Frideric Handel |
| Full Name: | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 |
| Birth Year: | 1685 |
| Death Year: | 1759 |
George Frideric Handel (b. Halle, Germany, 1685; d. London, England, 1759) became a musician and composer despite objections from his father, who wanted him to become a lawyer. Handel studied music with Zachau, organist at the Halle Cathedral, and became an accomplished violinist and keyboard performer. He traveled and studied in Italy for some time and then settled permanently in England in 1713. Although he wrote a large number of instrumental works, he is known mainly for his Italian operas, oratorios (including Messiah, 1741), various anthems for church and royal festivities, and organ concertos, which he interpolated into his oratorio performances. He composed only three hymn tunes, one of which (GOPSAL) still appears in some modern hymnals. A number of hymnal editors, including Lowell Mason, took themes from some of Handel's oratorios and turned them into hymn tunes; ANTIOCH is one example, long associated with “Joy to the World.”
Bert Polman
| Tunes by George Frideric Handel (65) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOR UNTO US | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 2 | |
| SIDDIM | Handel (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Sweet is the hallowed blessing] | Handel (Composer (Chorus)) | 2 | |
| TYNE (Handel) | Handel (Composer) | 2 | |
| [On! True Knights of the Grail] | F. Handel (Composer) | 2 | |
| JERICHO TUNE | Handel (Composer) | 2 | 15111 11232 1345 |
| THANKS BE TO THEE | Georg Friedrich Hándel (1685-1759) (Composer) | 2 | 11132 22224 33532 |
| HENDON (Malan) | Handel (Composer) | 18 | 11151 35433 33242 |
| AMERICA (Thesaurus Musicus) | Handel (Composer) | 8 | 11271 23343 21217 |
| O PRAISE THE LORD (Handel) | Handel (Composer) | 2 | 11712 34222 31 |
| MACCABEUS (11733) | Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) (Composer) | 5 | 11733 21234 32 |
| [Chant] (Handel 12324) | G. F. Handel, 1685-1759 (Composer) | 5 | 12324 36554 51762 |
| DAVID (Handel) | G. F. Handel (Composer) | 6 | 13215 43251 23667 |
| THATCHER (Handel) | George Frederick Handel (Arranged) | 142 | 13215 43251 23671 |
| [Chant] (Handel 13243) | George Frederick Handel, 1685-1759 (Composer) | 2 | 13243 65545 16275 |
| HARMONY (Handel) | George F. Handel (Composer) | 3 | 13253 12536 25545 |
| [All things come from thee, O Lord] (Handel) | Händel (Composer) | 3 | 13253 21253 61757 |
| [Sieh, der Winter ist vergangen] | Georg Fried. Händel (Composer) | 2 | 13254 32155 36455 |
| BRUNSWICK (Handel) | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 7 | 13451 76562 34456 |
| SAMSON (Handel) | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 61 | 13453 67115 65321 |
| DESIRING TO LOVE | Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) (Composer) | 2 | 13454 32431 34567 |
| SOLOMON (Handel) | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 35 | 13455 66556 57125 |
| [Rejoice! the Lord is King] (Handel) | Handel (Composer) | 2 | 13516 51351 65523 |
| MISSIONARY HYMN (Mason) | G. F. Händel, 1685-1759 (Composer) | 1 | 13556 53171 43321 |
| HÄNDEL (13556) | George Frederick Händel, 1685-1759 (Composer) | 4 | 13556 71253 1765 |
| [Würdig ist das Lamm, das erwürget ist] | G. Fr. Händel (Composer) | 2 | 15115 71111 11222 |
| FERTILE PLAINS (Handel) | Handel (Composer) | 7 | 15321 43215 3214 |
| HALLELUJAH CHORUS | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 13 | 15651 56511 11111 |
| CANNONS | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 20 | 15712 34237 23456 |
| BEDE (Handel) | Händel (Composer) | 6 | 17154 32171 21717 |
| ANTIOCH (Handel) | George Frederick Handel (Attributed) | 652 | 17654 32156 67711 |
| BIRKSTED | George Frideric Handel (Composer) | 1 | 17654 32171 51 |
| SWEET HOSANNAS | George Frederick Handel, 1685-1759 (Composer) | 4 | 32123 43325 65342 |
| REGNANT | Handel (Composer) | 3 | 32432 17127 55667 |
| SEYMOUR (Weber) | Handel (Composer) | 1 | 32436 53233 33471 |
| DIRGE (Handel) | George Frederick Handel (Arranged from) | 18 | 33333 32343 24456 |
| [¡Cómo tembló mi corazón de gozo] (Handel) | G. F. Handel (Composer) | 2 | 33333 33543 3 |
| [Comfort ye my people] | Handel (Composer) | 2 | 33335 43224 17665 |
| [Father, O hear us, Savior draw near us] | George Frideric Handel (Composer) | 12 | 33344 25443 66712 |
| NATIVITY (Lahee) | Handel (Composer) | 1 | 33355 11321 66217 |
| [Chant] (Handel 33433) | Handel (Composer) | 2 | 33433 21432 55155 |
| CHRISTMAS (Handel) | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 528 | 34517 65123 34555 |
| INNOCENTS (Parish Choir) | George Frederick Handel (Composer (attributed to)) | 20 | 34517 65123 54323 |
| HALIFAX | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 16 | 51112 34554 32121 |
| ZERAH | Handel (Composer) | 2 | 51113 25555 34235 |
| HANOVER (Croft) | Handel (Composer) | 34 | 51123 51271 23217 |
| ST. THOMAS (Williams) | George Frederick Handel (Attributed) | 201 | 51132 12345 43432 |
| [Christians, brethren, ere we part] | Handel (Composer) | 3 | 51165 62324 32151 |
| THEODORA (Handel) | George Frederic Handel (Composer) | 75 | 51176 56232 43215 |
| [Wer unverzagt dem Herrn vertraut] | G. F. Händel, 1684-1759 (Composer) | 2 | 51217 12435 67123 |
| HARBOROUGH | Handel (Composer) | 5 | 51271 23433 27123 |
| BRADFORD (Handel) | George Frederick Handel (Arranged from) | 167 | 51321 64343 51276 |
| HANKEY (Fischer) | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 1 | 51551 32111 62165 |
| BRADFORD (Haydn) | George F. Handel (Composer) | 1 | 51721 32112 34217 |
| BENEDICTION (Handel) | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 3 | 51754 34536 55435 |
| DAVID (53215) | Handel (Composer) | 1 | 53215 43271 23667 |
| JUDAS MACCABEUS | George Frederick Handel (Adapted from) | 125 | 53451 23454 32345 |
| PORTSMOUTH (Handel) | Handel (Composer) | 2 | 53511 21231 4321 |
| [I would not live alway: I ask not to stay] (Handel) | Handel (Composer) | 2 | 55127 12343 22543 |
| [I know that my Redeemer liveth] (Fillmore) | George Frederick Handel (Composer (introduction)) | 1 | 55311 76543 32342 |
| REVELATION (Handel) | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 6 | 55432 15712 34255 |
| HE SHALL FEED HIS FLOCK | Handel (Composer) | 14 | 55432 17123 52231 |
| MESSIAH (Handel) | George F. Handel (Composer) | 3 | 55555 44456 77777 |
| GOPSAL | George Frederick Handel (Composer) | 56 | 56534 51432 21155 |
| FIRMAMENT (Handel) | George Frideric Handel (Composer) | 1 | 51765 56544 33 |
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