George Frederick Handel

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Across
  1. 2. Unfortunately, the Royal Academy of Music was not successful because of the ____ of English operas.
  2. 3. Handel was also recognized for his instrumental compositions, which included impressive _________ and orchestral suites, like Water Music (1717).
  3. 5. After Italian operas became less popular, Handel focused his talents on English oratorios because he noticed that they did not require highly _________ foreign singers, props and scenery.
  4. 7. By the time he was 25, Handel was earning 1420 more dollars than the other famous European composer at the time, ____.
  5. 9. English oratorios became very popular in England as Handel’s performances, which were based on _______ stories, got many of the British interested.
  6. 12. Handel liked to help out local hospitals in his town so he played for several of these types of parties in order to raise money for the community.
  7. 13. Handel played as a ______ violinist in the opera house orchestra in Hamburg, Germany after attending the University of Halle.
  8. 14. In 1720, Handel founded the Royal Academy of Music, in hopes of presenting and promoting this kind of opera in England.
Down
  1. 1. Handel’s Messiah is most noted for its exciting choruses and graceful solos. Handel was focused on making the ________ smooth, modest and clear.
  2. 3. Handel passed away in 1759 after his loss of eyesight, but his health problems did not stop him from __________ his own performances until just days before his death.
  3. 4. Before he created oratorios, Handel was great at pleasing aristocrats with this type of opera because he took the unique qualities of Italian, French and German operas and added a traditional English chorus to make the perfect opera performance.
  4. 6. “Julius _____” was one of Handel’s most successful and sensational opera-seria works.
  5. 8. Handel preferred using this type of harmony, which was quite different to the chromatic harmonies that Bach preferred.
  6. 10. One of his most successful oratorios includes “Israel of Egypt” and “_______.”
  7. 11. Handel was always actively producing, directing and ______ his own operas.