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标  题: Georg Friedrich Handel 1685-1759
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           Georg Friedrich Handel 1685-1759

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Born in Halle (50 miles from Eisenach, Bach's birthplace) in the same
year as Bach, Handel studied with Zachau, and became a friend of
Mattheson. In 1703 he was appointed violinist-composer for Hamburg's
German opera. Handel sojourned in Italy in 1706 where he met Corelli,
and both Scarlattis (Alessandro and Domenico). His return to Hanover,
four years later, was to assume the post of Kapellmeister to the Elector
(soon to become king George I of England). In 1712 Handel moved to
London where, upon the accession of the house of Hanover, two years
later, he gained immediate access to the royal circle of England. In
1717 Handel succeeded Pepusch as chapel master to the Duke of Chandos.
Handel's London years were occupied primarily with the writing of
Italian operas. After suffering a stroke and the failure of his operas
(largely because of the success of the Beggar's Opera), Handel wrote
oratorios, including "Messiah" (1741). Handel's eyesight failed him in
later years and he eventually became completely blind. In addition to
operas and oratorios, Handel wrote Psalms, motets, anthems, passions,
cantatas, instrumental chamber works, and works for keyboard
(primarily harpsichord).
In 1719 Bach attempted to arrange a meeting with the visiting Handel.
Although this meeting never took place, in one of the curious ironies of
music history, both men would be afflicted with cataracts in their
old age and undergo surgery at the hand of the same oculist, John
Taylor. By today's standards, this surgery was extremely crude, and
any improvement to the visual impairment would have been minimal at
best. It involved physically shoving the cataract-covered lense back
into the eyeball in an attempt to allow a little more light to enter.
(Bach would die from sepsimia induced as a consequence of un-sterile
instruments). As this surgery was done without anesthesia, the courage
and physical consitution of both men must have been amazing! Bach
owned a copy of Handel's Brockes Passion, "Armida abbandonata" and the
Concerto grosso in F minor. Thematic similarities in some of Bach's
cantatas suggest that he may have been familiar with Handel's opera,
"Almira". Handel is mentioned in a letter (1775) from Carl Philip
Emanuel to Forkel as one whose works his father had especially valued in
later years.

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