Date of Award
2024
Document Type
Program Notes Open Access
Department
Music
Abstract
George Frideric Handel
Georg Fredrich Handel was born in 1685 in Halle Germany. From an early age, he received an education in music theory, harpsichord, organ, violin, and oboe. When he was seventeen, he enrolled at Halle University and took on a position as the organist for the local Calvinist cathedral, Domkirche. Handel’s growing interest in opera led him to study abroad in Italy between 1706 and 1710, during which time he composed several operas which varied in their reception and popularity.[1]
[1] Dennis Shrock, Choral Repertoire, Second edition, New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2023, 367
Recommended Citation
Bryner, K. Angeline, "Program Notes Recital: Choral (MUAP 622 RC)" (2024). Conducting Student Scholarship. 139.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/conduct_st/139
