Season 11 · 23 Nov 2022THE APORIAS OF ANTHROPOLOGY- 1:28:35Mentioned alongside Bach for the chorale.
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Dominique Pagani mentions Handel only occasionally, and almost always alongside Bach. He places him among the great Baroque composers, noting their regular metre1, and among the Baroque composers more generally2. He links him to the German tradition of sacred music3 and, together with Bach, to the chorale4. In his view, this Protestant chorale is also what the slaves imitated, which brings Handel into a reflection on music and history5. He points out that Handel, born not far from Bach, had the good fortune to serve the English court6. He also mentions the Te Deums composed to celebrate victories7. In a "Musicosophie" session on happiness and the death drive in music, Handel serves as a point of comparison when discussing Strauss8. None of these passages examines him closely: Handel mainly serves as a reference point for situating the Baroque, the chorale and ceremonial music.
Summary produced automatically from 8 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( HAN-dəl; baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, German: ; 5 March 1685 [O.S. 23 February 1684] – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Handel spent his early life in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the Italian Baroque. […]
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