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 Handel's first piece in the English language may not be his most well-known, but it was by far his most popular during his lifetime. In 1788, it was even given the honor of a minor rewrite by none other than Mozart.[([[https://www.acisandgalatea.org/about-the-opera|Acis And Galatea]])] Handel's first piece in the English language may not be his most well-known, but it was by far his most popular during his lifetime. In 1788, it was even given the honor of a minor rewrite by none other than Mozart.[([[https://www.acisandgalatea.org/about-the-opera|Acis And Galatea]])]
  
 +===== Living In London =====
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 +Despite the fact that Handel was born and schooled in Germany, the British want to claim him as their own. He cherished his property at 25 Brook Street in London.[([[https://www.classic107.com/articles/happy-birthday-handel|Classic107]])]
 +
 +===== Handel House Museum =====
 +
 +It has been restored to the condition in which Handel would have left it when he resided there from 1723 until 1759.[([[https://handelhendrix.org/plan-your-visit/whats-here/handel-house/|Handel Hendrix]])]
 +
 +===== Rival Queens =====
 +
 +Because Handel was such a successful opera composer, he was given the freedom to choose his own leading women. This reward, however, resulted in a massive brawl between competing sopranos Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni, who ended up fighting on stage during a performance of Bononcini's Astianatte. To keep them from ripping portions off each other's outfits, they had to be pulled off stage.[([[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4126442|jstor]])]
 +
 +===== Health Issues =====
 +
 +In his later years, Handel created some of his most important and greatest compositions. That may not seem amazing, but he did have a stroke in 1737, was in a carriage accident in 1750, developed cataracts, and finally went blind after a botched eye procedure in 1751.[([[http://gfhandel.org/research/frosch.html|GFHandel]])]
 +
 +===== Messiah And King George II =====
 +
 +When the Hallelujah chorus began during the first London performance of Handel's Messiah, King George II stood up; it became customary for spectators to stand for this renowned chorus after that.[([[https://www.wqxr.org/story/why-do-we-stand-during-messiahs-hallelujah-chorus/|WQXR]])]
 +
 +===== Jephtha =====
 +
 +Jephtha, Handel's final oratorio, was a terrible event for him. As he composed it, he was gradually going blind, prompting him to remark on the score, "Reached here on 13 February 1751, unable to proceed on because to the deterioration of my left eye".[([[https://wso.ca/blog/composers/handel/|WSO]])]
 +
 +===== Funeral =====
 +
 +Handel's burial was attended by 3,000 people and was a major state ceremony when he succumbed to his sufferings in 1759, following a life of upheaval and wonderful music.[([[https://www.westminster-abbey.org/pl/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/george-frederic-handel|Westminster Abbey]])]
 +
 +===== Beethoven's Tribute =====
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 +Handel's works have been praised by Ludwig Van Beethoven, who remarked of them, "Go to him to learn how to achieve great effects, by such simple means".[([[https://www.talkclassical.com/70026-handel-really-greatest-composer-3.html|Talk Classical]])]
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