Q.1
Where is Handel buried?
  • Westminster Abbey
  • St Paul's Cathedral
  • The Foundling Hospital
  • Oxford
Q.2
Which of the following is NOT a work written by Handel?
  • The Water Music
  • Music for the Royal Fireworks
  • The Messiah
  • 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring'
Q.3
That other great German-speaking anglophile composer, Haydn, lived to a great age and turned out over 100 Symphonies (a musical form of which he was the inventor and pioneer), but Handel ~ at least in his earlier life ~ wrote over 40 examples in a musical tradition he had picked up from Italy. What musical genre was this?
  • Ballet
  • Lute songs
  • Violin concerto
  • Opera
Q.4
Handel's birth-year (1685) happened to be a bit of a 'bumper year' for future musicians in German-speaking Europe. Who else was born that year?
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Franz Josef Haydn
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Richard Wagner
Q.5
Another famous piece by Handel is a splendid set of variations ~ to be played on a keyboard instrument such as a harpsichord ~ based on a tune that he heard a working-man humming or whistling one day. By what title is this piece accordingly known?
  • The Merry Miller
  • The Musical Milkman
  • The Harmonious Blacksmith
  • The Tuneful Tailor
Q.6
During his long life Handel was famous for many kinds of music-making. Which of these was NOT one of his particular fields?
  • Opera
  • Oratorio
  • Organ Concertos
  • Symphonies
Q.7
At the first performance of before royalty, the King himself stood up in awe and honor of one of the sections of music: which one?
  • 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'
  • The Hallelujah Chorus
  • 'Worthy is the Lamb'
  • The Pastoral Symphony
Q.8
Among Handel's greatest works is the oratorio , first performed inWhere in the British Isles did it receive its very first performance?
  • London
  • Dublin
  • Bath
  • Edinburgh
Q.9
Handel was a Governor of London's Foundling Hospital: he donated the money from many performances of to help with this institution's funding, and left a fair-copy of the full score of the work in his will. What was the specific purpose of the charity?
  • To offer convalescence for people who had been in sea or shipping accidents
  • To look after people who were (as we'd now say) mentally ill
  • To take in and care for abandoned babies and infants
  • To care for sick pets
Q.10
Handel came to Britain to settle, 300 years ago in the '17-teens', when his then-boss became King of England. What was this king's regnal name and number?
  • William IV
  • George I
  • Stephen III
  • Henry V
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