Title: 
Headings: George Frederic Handel
George
 
Frederic
 
Handel

His
 
Life,
 
His
 
Times
 
and
 
His
 
Music

Handel’s
 
Life

Hungry
 
Handel
 
heads
 
for
 
Hamburg

Prince
 
invites
 
Handel
 
to
 
Italy

Handel
 
sets
 
his
 
sights
 
on
 
London
 
opera
 
house

Stroke,
 
blindness
 
fail
 
to
 
stop
 
Handel

Handel’s
 
Times

Outlandish
 
fashions
 
marked
 
Handel’s
 
time

Clothes
 
make
 
the
 
man
 
in
 
Handel’s
 
day

Women
 
taller
 
than
 
men
 
by
 
a
 
hair
 
(piece)

Women
 
go
 
to
 
great
 
lengths
 
to
 
save
 
face

Infrequent
 
bathing
 
creates
 
flourishing
 
fragrance
 
industry

Handel’s
 
feelings
 
expressed
 
openly

Religious
 
themes
 
selected
 
for
 
many
 
compositions

Handel’s
 
Music


 
master
 
composer
 
at
 
work

Handel’s
 
musicianship
 
enriched
 
by
 
travel

Handel
 
follows
 
common
 
practice
 
of
 
borrowing
 
music
 
for
 
his
own
 
compositions

Composers’
 
works
 
often
 
backed
 
by
 
patrons

The
 
English
 
oratorio
 
contributes
 
to
 
Handel’s
 
fame

What
 
to
 
Listen
 
for
 
in
 
Handel’s
 
Music

Organ
 
Concerto
 
in
 
F
 
major,
 
“The
 
Cuckoo
 
and
 
the
 
Nightingale”

Water
 
Music
 
Suite

Music
 
for
 
the
 
Royal
 
Fireworks

“Arrival
 
of
 
the
 
Queen
 
of
 
Sheba”

Messiah


Content: People
 
began
 
to
 
pay
 
more
 
attention
 
to
 
practicing
 
correct
manners
 
and
 
improving
 
their
 
appearance. Clothes
 
make
 
the
 
man
 
in
 
Handel’s
 
day
Wealthy
 
men
 
made
 
a
 
great
 
effort
 
to
 
show
 
their
 
financial
 
and
 
social
status
 
through
 
their
 
clothing. The
 
heavy
 
and
 
usually
 
dark
 
cloth
 
of
their
 
jackets
 
and
 
coats
 
was
 
brightened
 
with
 
gold
 
and
 
silver
 
buttons. Waistcoats
 
were
 
delicately
 
embroidered
 
and
 
worn
 
slightly
 
open
 
to
show
 
a
 
fine
 
linen
 
shirt
 
trimmed
 
with
 
fancy
 
ruffles. Wigs
 
covered
 
the
 
heads
 
of
 
most
 
fashionable
 
men. These
 
hairpieces
were
 
made
 
in
 
dozens
 
of
 
styles
 
and
 
carefully
 
looked
 
after
 
by
 
wig
specialists
 
called
 
perruquiers. They
 
used
 
a
 
special
 
hair
 
and
 
scalp
ointment
 
called
 
pomatum
 
to
 
help
 
keep
 
the
 
wig’s
 
curls
 
in
 
place,
 
before
covering
 
it
 
in
 
fashionable
 
powder. Wigs
 
were
 
very
 
expensive
 
and
 
men
 
risked
 
having
 
them
 
stolen
 
right
 
off
their
 
heads
 
when
 
they
 
walked
 
in
 
a
 
busy
 
street. It
 
was
 
also
 
common
for
 
thieves
 
to
 
cut
 
holes
 
i