The anthem has been sung at every British coronation ever since. Handel’s most famous oratorio is Messiah composed in 1741. When it premiered in Dublin the following year, Handel’s name drew ...

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-British baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel ...

In the 1720s and '30s, Handel's popular Italian-style operas had made ... the wrong order that I'm supposed to set to Italian opera music?' But he does it." In his book, King describes the final ...

Handel wrote Zadok the Priest for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Amazingly the piece has been performed at the coronation service of every British monarch ever since. The words are ...

Opposition to Christian music in one school in Finland resulted in the cancelation of Handel’s “Messiah ... Christian Post readers to get the top stories curated daily, plus special offers!