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Events from the year 1741 in Ireland.
George FridericHandel was a German-born Baroque composer becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi and organ concertos. Handel received his training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the Italian Baroque.
Events from the year 1735 in Great Britain.
Events from the year 1743 in Great Britain.
Events from the year 1724 in Great Britain.
Events from the year 1767 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1818 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1755 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1740 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1789 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1744 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1742 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1711 in Great Britain.
Events from the year 1717 in Great Britain.
Events from the year 1712 in Great Britain.
Events from the year 1742 in Great Britain.
Events from the year 1749 in Great Britain.
Events from the year 1806 in Ireland.
The Handel organ concertos, Op. 7, HWV 306–311, refer to the six organ concertos for organ and orchestra composed by George Frideric Handel in London between 1740 and 1751, published posthumously in 1761 by the printing company of John Walsh. They were written for performance during Handel's oratorios, contain almost entirely original material, including some of his most popular and inspired movements.
A fine and delicate touch, a volant finger, and a ready delivery of passages the most difficult, are the praise of inferior artists: they were not noticed in Handel, whose excellencies were of a far superior kind; and his amazing command of the instrument, the fullness of his harmony, the grandeur and dignity of his style, the copiousness of his imagination, and the fertility of his invention were qualities that absorbed every inferior attainment. When he gave a concerto, his method in general was to introduce it with a voluntary movement on the diapasons, which stole on the ear in a slow and solemn progression; the harmony close wrought, and as full as could possibly be expressed; the passages concatenated with stupendous art, the whole at the same time being perfectly intelligible, and carrying the appearance of great simplicity. This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself, which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one ever pretended to equal.
Events from the year 1684 in Ireland.