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George Frideric Handel
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Q.1
Where is Handel buried?
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Westminster Abbey
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St Paul's Cathedral
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The Foundling Hospital
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Oxford
Q.2
Which of the following is NOT a work written by Handel?
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The Water Music
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Music for the Royal Fireworks
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The Messiah
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'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?
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Ballet
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Lute songs
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Violin concerto
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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?
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Franz Josef Haydn
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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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?
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The Merry Miller
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The Musical Milkman
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The Harmonious Blacksmith
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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?
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Opera
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Oratorio
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Organ Concertos
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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?
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'I know that my Redeemer liveth'
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The Hallelujah Chorus
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'Worthy is the Lamb'
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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?
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London
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Dublin
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Bath
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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?
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To offer convalescence for people who had been in sea or shipping accidents
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To look after people who were (as we'd now say) mentally ill
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To take in and care for abandoned babies and infants
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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?
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William IV
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George I
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Stephen III
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Henry V
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