George Frideric Handel quiz
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Which body voted to make Handel a British subject in 1727?
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What did the 1749 Fireworks Music celebrate after a long war?
Answer: A peace treaty
Why: The show itself went badly: rain caused many misfires, and in the middle of it the right-hand pavilion caught fire.
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Which Kubrick film uses Handel's Sarabande as its main theme?
Answer: Barry Lyndon
Why: Handel wrote the Sarabande for solo harpsichord; the film's title versions add strings and timpani.
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Who chose the words for Messiah?
Answer: Charles Jennens
Why: The text is drawn entirely from the Bible, with about 60 per cent of it taken from the Old Testament.
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Where did the Water Music have its premiere?
Answer: The Thames
Why: About 50 musicians played it from a second barge as the royal party travelled upriver toward Chelsea.
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What were women asked not to wear to Messiah's premiere?
Answer: Hooped skirts
Why: Men were likewise asked to come without their swords, and seven hundred people packed into the hall.
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Who operated on the eyes of both Handel and Bach?
Answer: John Taylor
Why: William Cheselden is the near miss: Taylor had trained under him at St Thomas' Hospital in London.
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