Q.1.
During his long life Handel was famous for many kinds of music-making. Which of these was NOT one of his particular fields?
Q.2.
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?
Q.3.
Where is Handel buried?
Q.4.
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?
Q.5.
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?
Q.6.
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?
Q.7.
Among Handel's greatest works is the oratorio , first performed inWhere in the British Isles did it receive its very first performance?
Q.8.
At the first performance of before royalty, the King himself stood up in awe and honour of one of the sections of music: which one?
Q.9.
Which of the following is NOT a work written by Handel?
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?