Baroque Music Era Pt 13

first appeared in Italy

George Frideric Handel's Messiah is an example of an

George Frideric Handel was born in _____, the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach

Handel spent the major portion of his life in

In addition to being a composer and opera impresario, Handel was a

Although Handel wrote a great deal of instrumental music, the core of his huge output consists of

Handel's oratorios are usually based on the

The focus of the "Handelian" oratorio is usually

Though most of Handel's oratorios were intended for church use, they STILL CONTAINED a

Messiah, set to a text compiled by Charles Jennings from the Old and New Testaments, is ______ rather than as dramatic as Handel's other oratorios

Other oratorios by Handel include: