George Frideric Handel's Messiah is more often than not referred to as ________________.
What is The Messiah
100
Though the bulk of his music was ____________
What is vocal
100
By then he was ____________ influenced
What is strongly
100
George Frideric Handel was born on February 23, 1685 in the North German province of Saxony in the same year as Baroque composer _____________.
What is Johann Sebastian Bach
200
During the 1710s he settled permanently in Britain, writing ________________.
What is operas
200
Although it is officially incorrect and should simply be called ____________________, it is widely accepted and used.
What is Messiah
200
Handel was nevertheless one of the great instrumental composers of the late ______________
What is Baroque era
200
Influenced by the _________ composers
What is great
200
George's father wanted him to be a ______ even though music ________ his attention.
What is lawyer; captivated
300
In 1719 Handel became the music director of the newly-founded _____________________.
What is Royal Academy of Music
300
Handel's Messiah was intended as a thought provoking work for Easter and Lent, but became more of a ________________________.
What is Christmastime Tradition
300
His long series of overtures (mostly in the __________ style)
What is French
300
composers of the __________ Baroque and middle-____________ polyphonic choral tradition.
What is Italian; German
300
His mother, however, supported his ________ in music and he was allowed to take _______ and music _________ lessons.
What is interest; keyboard; composition
400
In 1723 Handel moved into a house on _____________ in __________________.
What is Brook Street; Mayfair
400
Messiah became so popular during the ____ century
What is 19th
400
his orchestral concertos (op. ________ and op. _______)
What is 3; 6
400
and the massive ______ concertos and ______ concertos all show him to have been a complete master of the ________ means at his command.
What is double; organ; orchestral
400
His aunt gave him a ________ for his _______ birthday which ______ played whenever he had the ________.
What is harpsichord; seventh; Handel; chance
500
October 1727 he provided four anthems for the coronation of ______________.
What is George II
500
musicians began making their performances ________ than Handel had intended by writing parts for added ________ and bringing in larger amounts of __________
What is larger; instruments; performers
500
his large-scale concert music for ____________ and _________________.
What is strings; winds
500
By then he was strongly influenced by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German ________ choral tradition.
What is polyphonic
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Who lives in a ____________ under the __________? _____________