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Biography of Georg Friedrich Händel
Händel (Handel, Haendel, Hendel), Georg Friedrich (George Frederick). Studied at Halle Cathedral, 1692, under Friedrich W. Zachau (counterpoint, organ, harpsichord and oboe). Assistant organist of Halle Cathedral, 1697-1702; organist there, 1702-03. Violinist at Hanover Opera, 1703; in Italy, 1706; conductor to the Elector of Hannover, 1709; to the Duke of Chandos, England, 1718; music master to the Prince of Wales; director of the Royal Academy, London. Composed operas, oratorios, serenatas, odes, anthems, songs, cantatas, concertos, suites, &c. b. Halle, Germany, Feb. 23rd, 1685; d. London, England, Apr. 14th, 1759.
Attwater, John Post. F.R.C.O. (1895), L.R.A.M. (1897), Mus.B. (Dunelm, 1905). Pupil of Dr Charles W. Pearce and Dr Charles J. Frost. Organist of Faversham Wesleyan Church, 1873-83; Studley Road Wesleyan Church, Clapham, 1884; the Grafton Square Congregational Church, Clapham, London, 1885-1909. Brewers clerk; taught music at Battersea Polytechnic, London; singer and violinist. b. Faversham, England, June 26th, 1862; d. Clapham Common, London, Apr. 10th, 1909.
Faulkes, George William Henry. Pupil of William Dawson and Henry Dillon-Newman. . Organist of St. John-the-Baptist’s, Tue Brook, Liverpool, 1882-86; St. Margaret’s, Anfield, Liverpool, 1886-1933. b. Liverpool, England, Nov. 4th, 1863; d. there, Jan. 25th, 1933.
Guilmant, Félix Alexandre. Legion of Honour, 1896. Pupil of his father; and Nicolaus Jacques Lemmens. Assistant organist at St. Nicholas’, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1849; organist of St. Joseph’s, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1853; St. Nicholas’, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1857; St. Sulpice’s, Paris, 1863; Notre-Dame, Paris, 1868; La Trinité, Paris, 1871-1901. Toured the U.S.A., 1893 and 1897; Europe, 1897-98, 1904-05. Professor of organ at the Paris Conservatory, 1896. Son of Jean Baptiste Guilmant. b. Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, Mar. 12th, 1837; d. Meudon, Mar. 30th, 1911.
Pieces from choral work “Semele” (1. “Attend the pair”; 2. “Endless pleasure”; 3. “Bless the glad earth” & “And to that pitch th’ eternal accents raise”; 4. Sinfonia (The Descent of Apollo))
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Pieces from choral work “Semele” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Occasional Oratorio (arr. by W. T. Best) (1. “Or brought full low with iron sceptre”; 2. “God found them guilty”; 3. “All his mercies shall endure”; 4. “Hallelujah”)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Belshazzar” (1. “All empires upon God depend”; 2. “Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob”; 3. “By slow degrees the wrath of God”; 4. “Of things on earth”; 5. “Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Belshazzar” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 1 (1. “They loathed to drink”; 2. “He gave them Hailstones”; 3. “He smote all the First-born”; 4. “But as for the people”; 5. “Egypt was glad when they departed”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 1 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 2 (1. “He rebuked the Red Sea” & “He led them through the deep”; 2. “But the waters overwhelmed their enemies”; 3. “And Israel saw that great work” & “And believed the Lord”; 4. “I will sing unto the Lord”; 5. “He is my God” & “And I will exalt him”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 2 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 3 (1. “Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious”; 2. “Who is like unto Thee?” & “The earth swallow’d them”; 3. “The People shall hear, and be afraid”; 4. “Thou shalt bring them in”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 3 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Jephtha” (1. “Chemosh no more will we adore”; 2. “O God, behold our sore distress”; 3. “They now contract their boist’rous pride”; 4. “They ride on whirlwinds”; 5. “Doubtful fear”; 6. “Theme sublime”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Jephtha” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Joseph and his brethren” (1. Overture . Minuet; 2. “Joyful sounds, melodious strain”; 3. “Immortal pleasures”; 4. “Blest be the man”; 5. “O God, who in thy Heav’nly hand”, “Thou know’st our wants before our prayer” & “O Lord we trust alone in Thee”; 6. “Eternal Monarch of the sky” & “And grant us aid”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Joseph and his brethren” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Joshua” Book 1 (1. “To long posterity”; 2. “The Lord commands”; 3. “May all the Host of Heav’n”; 4. March; 5. “Almighty Ruler of the Skies”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Joshua” Book 1 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Joshua” Book 2 (1. “How soon our tow’ring hopes are cross’d”; 2. “Hail! mighty Joshua, hail!”; 3. “Shall I in Mamre’s fertile plain”; 4. “Father of mercy”; 5. “The Great Jehovah”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Joshua” Book 2 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Samson” Book 1 (1. “O first created beam”; 2. “Then shall they know”; 3. “Then round about the starry Throne”; 4. “To man, God’s universal law” & “Thus shall his life be ne’er dismay’d”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Samson” Book 1 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Samson” Book 2 (1. “Honour and arms scorn such a foe”; 2. “Fix’d in his everlasting seat”; 3. Funeral March; 4. “Let their celestial Concerts”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Samson” Book 2 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Saul” Book 2 (1. “Preserve him for the glory of thy name”; 2. “Envy! Eldest born of hell”; 3. “Sin not, O King”; 4. Funeral March)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Saul” Book 2 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Solomon” Book 3 (1. “Swell the full chorus”; 2. “Music, spread thy voice around”; 3. “Thus rolling surges rise”; 4. “The name of the wicked”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Solomon” Book 3 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Susanna” (1. “Tremble, guilt”; 2. “Ask if you damask rose be sweet”; 3. “Let justice reign”; 4. “Thy wedded truth”; 5. “With thy own ardors”; 6. “Bless’d be the day”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Susanna” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid Theodor. Studied at Leipzig Conservatory under Karl Wendling, Dr Karl Reinecke, Robert Teichmüller, Salomon Jadassohn and Homeyar, 1895.. Taught at the Magdeburg Conservatory, 1901-02; piano, theory and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory, 1919-32; professor there, 1932-33. b. Oberndorf-am-Neckar, Swabia, Germany, Nov. 21st, 1877; d. Leipzig, Apr. 9th, 1933.
Lemare, Edwin Henry. A.R.A.M., F.R.A.M., F.R.C.O. (1886). Pupil of his father; won a Goss Scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music, London, 1876; studied there under Sir G. A. Macfarren, Walter Macfarren, Dr Charles Steggall and Dr Edmund H. Turpin. Organist of St. Mary’s, Brookfield, Highgate, London; St. John-the-Evangelist’s, Brownswood Park, London, 1882; St. Andrew’s, Cardiff, Wales, 1886; the Park Hall, Cardiff, 1886; the Albert Hall, Sheffield, 1886; Sheffield Parish Church, England, 1886-92; Holy Trinity, Sloane Square, London, 1892-95; St. Margaret’s, Westminster, London, 1896-1902; the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1902-05; at the Pan-America Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915; San Francisco City Hall, California, 1917-20; Portland City Hall, Maine, 1921-23; Chattanooga City Hall, Tennessee, 1924-29. Toured the U.S.A., 1900-01; Australia; New Zealand; Europe. Designed the organ for Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand; Melbourne Town Hall, Australia. The finest and most highly paid organ recitalist of his day; popularized Wagnerian operas in England, though his transcriptions of them. Composed organ pieces, church music, an orchestral symphony, &c. Son of Edwin Lemare; nephew of Dr William Lemare. b. Ventnor, England, Sep. 9th, 1865; d. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., Sep. 24th, 1934.
Lux, Friedrich. Studied in Dessau with F. Schneider. Organist. Musical director of the Court Theatre, Dessau, 1841; conductor of the City Theatre, Mainz, 1851-77; the Oratorio Society, 1867-91. Composed operas, orchestral and chamber music, organ pieces, songs, piano music, &c. b. Ruhla, Germany, Nov. 24th, 1820; d. Mainz, July 9th, 1895.
Wolstenholme, William. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1887). Studied at the College for Blind Sons of Gentlemen, Worcester; pupil of Dr William Done and Sir Edward Elgar (violin); studied at Oxford University, was the only blind musician to have taken a degree in music since John Stanley. Organist of St. Paul’s, Blackburn, 1888-1901; Kings Weigh House Church, Grosvenor Square, London, 1902-04; All Saints’, Norfolk Square, London, 1904-; All Saints’, St. John’s Wood, London, (where Rev. Noel Bonavia-Hunt was the precentor), 1926; toured the U.S.A., 1908. A great exponent of extemporization. President of the London Society of Organists, 1925. Composed chamber music, songs, part songs, orchestral pieces, organ music, &c. b. Blackburn, England, Feb. 24th, 1865; d. Hampstead, London, July 23rd, 1931.
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